- Date
- November 29, 1991, 03:00 local (09:00 UTC)
- Place
- Morse, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N37749Cessna 182F
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911129053759A
- Case key
- 18412
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Probable cause
The pilot's attempted VFR flight into IMC conditions. Factors were, the pilot's lack of instrument qualification, his failure to obtain a weather briefing prior to the flight, and dark night conditions.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
A non-instrument rated private pilot departed on a 362 mile night cross country flight without obtaining a weather briefing. The pilot attempted VFR flight into IMC weather, lost control of the airplane and impacted the ground approximately 35 miles beyond his intended destination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37749
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254487
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Loren T. Olsen
- Registered owner
- Loren T. Olsen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- TYR · Tyler, TX
- Destination
- PPA · Pampa, TX
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 730 total · 50 in this make and model · 730 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Observed at
- AMA, 54 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.