Cessna 182G N2382R

Summary

On 16 April 1987 at about 15:42 local time, a Cessna 182G registered N2382R was involved in an accident near West Point, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 April 1987 at 15:42

Classification

Accident

Location

West Point, Indiana, United States

Nearest airport

Purdue University (LAF)

Coordinates

40.6790, -87.4200

Aircraft

Cessna 182G

Registration

N2382R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Decatur → Lafayette

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI87FA114

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

DRG AN IFR ARRIVAL, THE PLT WAS CLRD FOR AN ILS RWY 10 APCH. NO RADAR FACILITIES WERE AVAILABLE, BUT AT 1026 EST, HE RPRTD HE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE LOCALIZER. APRX 4 MIN LATER, HE DECLARED A MISSED APCH & WAS CLEARED BACK TO THE OUTER MARKER (OM), THEN WAS CLRD FOR ANOTHER ILS APCH. HOWEVER, AT 1042 EST, THE CONTROLLER LOST RADIO CONTACT WITH THE ACFT BEFORE THE PLT REPORTED REACHING THE OM. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PLANE WAS FND WHERE IT CRASHED APRX 10 MI SW OF THE ARPT WHILE ON A SOUTHEASTERLY HEADING. THE DEGREE OF WRECKAGE DISINTEGRATION SHOWED THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED AT A HI RATE OF SPEED. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FND DRG AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE. THE 1053 EST WX AT THE ARPT WAS IN PART: 400' OVERCAST, VIS 1-1/4 MI WITH FOG, WIND FROM 300 DEG AT 9 KTS. A CHECK OF THE PLT'S LOGBOOK SHOWED HE HAD LOGGED ONLY 2 HRS OF INSTRUMENT TIME IN THE PREV 90 DAYS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.