Cessna 182T accident near Concord, MA
On September 27, 2003, a Cessna 182T (airplane) was involved in an accident near Concord, MA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 27, 2003
- Place
- Concord, MA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182T · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 42.492°N, 71.353°W
- NTSB ID
- 20031010X01704
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 27, 2003, at 1103 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182T, N963LP, was destroyed when it struck trees in Concord, Massachusetts, while on approach to Laurence G. Hanscom Field (BED), Bedford, Massachusetts. The certificated private pilot and passenger were fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight, which departed from Oswego County Airport (FZY), Fulton, New York. The flight was operated on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan under 14 CFR Part 91. According to documents found in the airplane, the pilot filed an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan to Bedford (BED), at 0556, via DUATs (direct user access terminal). The proposed departure time was 0830 on September 27, 2003. The pilot contacted DUATs again at 0733, and filed an IFR flight plan from BED to Providence, Rhode Island (PVD). The proposed departure time was 0630 on September 28, 2003. No documents were found to indicate what weather the pilot had viewed prior to departure. In addition, during the preparation of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic package, although it was identified that the pilot had made DUATS contact, the data was neither retrieved nor preserved. The airplane was based at Fulton, which had a field elevation of 475 feet. The pilot departed Fulton about 0910. At 0914:50, the airplane was identified on radar by its discrete transponder code of 5307, as it climbed through 1,900 feet mean sea level (msl), 3.2 nautical miles east of the airport. The initial en route altitude was 7,000 feet, with th
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control due to spatial disorientation. A factor was the low ceilings.
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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.
