Cessna 182Q accident near San Angelo, TX
On June 29, 1995, a Cessna 182Q (airplane) was involved in an accident near San Angelo, TX. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 29, 1995
- Place
- San Angelo, TX
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182Q · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 31.279°N, 100.411°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X03689
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 28, 1995, at 2128 central daylight time, a Cessna 182Q, N759NU, was destroyed when it impacted terrain during an uncontrolled descent near San Angelo, Texas. The non-instrument rated private pilot/owner and his passenger received fatal injuries. The airplane departed Mathis Field at 2125 for the personal flight conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Dark night visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. At 1935, the pilot telephoned the San Angelo Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) and stated he was "checking on the weather as to if I can go to three Romeo three Austin Executive tonight." The pilot was advised of "pretty bad thunderstorms around the San Angelo area at this time" and that the storms were expected "to start dying down after ten o'clock tonight." He was further advised that if he "wanted to leave sooner," he could avoid "most" of the thunderstorms by departing "to the south and then head off east toward Austin." The pilot declined an offer to receive a standard weather briefing and terminated the conversation at 1937. At 2021, the pilot again telephoned the San Angelo AFSS and stated: "I need to go three Romeo three Austin. When are you going to let me go?" The pilot was advised that the current conditions at San Angelo included a thunderstorm "in the vicinity of the station overhead." He was further advised that he "should remain out of any heavier thunderstorm or rain showers" if he departed "San Angelo due south for about fifteen or twenty miles" and then turned east towards Austin. The briefer stat
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S DECISION TO ATTEMPT FLIGHT INTO KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND HIS LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: CONDITIONS OF DARKNESS, THUNDERSTORM AND LIGHTNING, AND THE PILOT'S LACK INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
