Cessna 182L N42562

Summary

On 19 November 1982 at about 23:50 local time, a Cessna 182L registered N42562, operated by Charles E. Evans, was involved in an accident near Mt. Vernon, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 November 1982 at 23:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Mt. Vernon, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 182L

Registration

N42562

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Charles E. Evans

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Smith → Heber Springs

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

FTW83FPG03

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE FLT OF TWO ACFT (A C-150 & N42562) DEPARTED HEBER SPRINGS & WERE IN RADIO CONTACT DURING THE FLT. N42562 REPORTED OVER THE CONWAY, AR ARPT AT 2,000 FT WITH GOOD VISIBILITY BUT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS AN AREA OF RAIN BETWEEN CONWAY & HEBER SPRINGS. THE PLT OF THE C-150 ADVISED N42562 TO RETURN TO CONWAY & LAND IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT AS TO HIS ABILITY TO MAINTAIN VFR ENROUTE. THERE WERE NO FURTHER TRANSMISSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO ACFT. THE C-150 LANDED AT HEBER SPRINGS & INIATED SEARCH & RESCUE OPERATIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.