# NTSB FTW83FPG03: Cessna 182L, N42562, Mt. Vernon, AR, November 19, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: November 19, 1982, 17:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place: Mt. Vernon, AR
- Location: 35.2236° N, 92.1240° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Vernon, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2236&lon=-92.1240&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 19, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71795
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83FPG03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71795/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FPG03

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - continued, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE FLT OF TWO ACFT (A C-150 & N42562) DEPARTED HEBER SPRINGS & WERE IN RADIO CONTACT DURING THE FLT. N42562 REPORTED OVER THE CONWAY, AR ARPT AT 2,000 FT WITH GOOD VISIBILITY BUT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS AN AREA OF RAIN BETWEEN CONWAY & HEBER SPRINGS. THE PLT OF THE C-150 ADVISED N42562 TO RETURN TO CONWAY & LAND IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT AS TO HIS ABILITY TO MAINTAIN VFR ENROUTE. THERE WERE NO FURTHER TRANSMISSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO ACFT. THE C-150 LANDED AT HEBER SPRINGS & INIATED SEARCH & RESCUE OPERATIONS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N42562 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259078
- Airframe hours: 1627
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Charles E. Evans
- Registered owner: Charles E. Evans
- Departed: FORT SMITH, AR
- Destination: HEBER SPRINGS, AR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 305 total, 198 in this make and model, 268 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft overcast

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821119059379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821119059379A), Nov 19, 1982: Cessna 182L, Mount Vernon, AR, Destroyed. VFR pilot proceeded into marginal VFR weather. Lost control. Crashed in a heavily wooded area 15 miles from airport

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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