Cessna 172N N1631E

Summary

On 17 November 1986 at about 16:18 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N1631E, operated by James E. Bechtel, was involved in an accident near Bethalto, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 November 1986 at 16:18

Classification

Accident

Location

Bethalto, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Alton St Louis Regional (ALN)

Coordinates

38.8990, -90.0397

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N1631E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

James E. Bechtel

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Warsaw → Litchfield

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI87LA019

2 people were seriously injured.

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 ATTEMPTED AN ILS APPROACH INTO AN AIRFIELD (RUNWAY 29) THAT WAS REPORTING A ZERO FOOT OBSCURED CEILING WITH 1/16 MILE VISIBILTIY AND FOG. HE STATED THAT HE BECAME CONFUSED DURING THE LAST PORTION OF THE APPROACH AND WAS BEGINNING A MISSED APPROACH WHEN THE ACFT STRUCK A TREE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE IMPACT OCCURRED 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 29.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.