# NTSB SEA80FAMS3: Cessna 182G, N3789U, Missing Aircraft, June 22, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 22, 1980
- Place: Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 5, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 130591
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA80FAMS3
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80FAMS3

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3238  80/6/22    MISSING AIRCRAFT    CESSNA 182G         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 28, 135
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N3789U              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WINTHROP,WA                 MT.VERNON,WA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- DAMAGE AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.VFR FLT NOT RCMDD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3789U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3789U-2012-11-13), registration cancelled 2012-11-13, S/N 18255189, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Registry model: [Cessna 182G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (registry code 2072716) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## 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 19800622033409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800622033409A), Jun 22, 1980: Cessna 182G, Marblemount, WA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Indicates pilot lost control due to IMC. Aircraft disintegrated by impact on glacier slope. VFR was not advised.

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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