Accident · 2003-06-03
What the record says
- Event date
- 2003-06-03
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182Q (N630SW)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The pilot not maintaining aircraft control in cruise flight leading to his inadvertent spiral. A factor was the pilot's in-flight encounter with moderate to heavy rain.
Source: NTSB case CHI03FA141Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.