Accident: Cessna 182
Feb 2, 2016 · Mobile, AL
NTSB numberERA16FA100Event id20160202X33553
- 2
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of airplane control during a missed approach in instrument meteorological conditions due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight and inflight weather planning which resulted the pilot's selection of an unsuitable alternate airport, and the Civil Air Patrol's inadequate flight release procedures and inadequate oversight of the flight.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182
- Registration
- N784CP
- Year built
- 2006
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Approach-IFR missed approach Loss of control in flight
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Mobile Regional Airport (MOB)1 nm (2 km) north-east
- Mobile Downtown Airport (BFM)11 nm (20 km) east
- Trent Lott International Airport (PGL)19 nm (35 km) south-west
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