- Date
- January 27, 1986, 11:19 local (19:19 UTC)
- Place
- Reno, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2341SCessna TR182RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860127019039A
- Case key
- 40267
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The pilot was flying his Cessna TR182RG back to Reno cannon airport, a facility with a frequent mixture of light general aviation aircraft and heavy turbine air carrier operations. The pilot had acquired the majority of his terminal experience in and around the Reno cannon airport. Approaching the airport under a VFR flight plan and in visual meteorological conditions, the pilot was issued traffic advisories on 3 occasions referencing a frontier Boeing 737 and twice confirmed the jet in sight. Witnesses reported observing the aircraft roll rapidly into a steep descending nose low attitude and collide with the terrain while in close trail behind the 737.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2341S
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201332
- Airframe hours
- 305
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis A. Mack
- Registered owner
- Palace Jewelry & Loan Co. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 3, 1985 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- TRM · Thermal, CA
- Destination
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- RNO · Reno Cannon International
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 169 total · 67 in this make and model · 101 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 80° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RNO, 2 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.