Cessna TR182RG N2341S

Summary

On 27 January 1986 at about 19:19 local time, a Cessna TR182RG registered N2341S, operated by Dennis A. Mack, was involved in an accident near Reno, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 January 1986 at 19:19

Classification

Accident

Location

Reno, Nevada, United States

Nearest airport

Reno Cannon International (RNO)

Coordinates

39.4797, -119.7394

Aircraft

Cessna TR182RG

Registration

N2341S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dennis A. Mack

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Thermal → Reno

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

SEA86FA047

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 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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.