- Date
- March 14, 1982, 17:50 local (Mar 15, 1982, 01:50 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Tahoe, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5298NCessna 182
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820314004079A
- Case key
- 71330
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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 pilot who landed prior to the departure of N5298N stated that his aircraft had accumulated 1/4 inch of airframe ice while over the lta VOR. An employee of Lake Tahoe aviation fueling service informed the pilot of N5298N of these weather conditions and ice accumulation on the Cessna P210 that had just landed. After departure the pilot of N5298N reported entering IMC at approximately 12,000 feet. He requested an IFR flight plan from sacramento flight service but was told to standby for a moment. Further communication was not established. On March 21, 1982 the aircraft was spotted at the 13,600-foot level of a mountain peak.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5298N
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267630
- Airframe hours
- 371
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Flyin Country Club
- Registered owner
- Flyin Country Club
- Departed
- Lake Tahoe, CA
- Destination
- San Jose, CA
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 520 total · 450 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 43 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.