Cessna R182 N2254T

Summary

On 13 December 1983 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna R182 registered N2254T was involved in an accident near Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 December 1983 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Westchester Co. (HPN)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna R182

Registration

N2254T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Quebec City → White Plains

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC84FA053

2 people 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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING AN ILS APPROACH TO WESTCHESTER ARPT IN NY. THE WEATHER WAS IMC AND AN IFR FLT PLAN WAS FILED. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING THE 2ND ATTEMPT WITH THE 1ST ENDING IN A MISSED APPROACH. IT WAS APPARENT TO THECONTROLLER THAT THE ACFT WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY AND THE CONTROLLER CALLED A WARNING TO THE PLT. THE PLT REPLIED THAT HE HAD NO D.G. SEVERAL VECTORS WERE GIVEN TO THE ACFT WHICH WERE NOT FOLLOWED PRECISELY AND A LOSS OF CONTROL OCCURRED. EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT THE ACFT WAS IN STEEPLY DESCENDING RIGHT TURN AT IMPACT. THE ENGINE WAS BURIED 7 FT INTO MUD ATTESTING TO THE HIGH SPEED AT IMPACT. THIS FLT HAD BEEN DELAYED AT DEPARTURE BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE ATTITUDE GYRO. THE PLT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT SHOULD BE OVERHAULED BECAUSE OF BEARING NOISES AND FLUCUATIONS IN INDICATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.