# Accident 19880421012969A: Cessna 182J, Rapid City, SD, April 21, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1988, 10:37 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0800° N, 103.0937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0800&lon=-103.0937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2720F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2720F-1991-11-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182J (registry code 2072722, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,533 total, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN88FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA100) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880421012969A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLEW INTO KNOWN ICING. UNABLE TO CLIMB TO MVA FOR APPROACH. TRIED TO FLY UNDER CLOUDS. AIRFRAME ICE CAUSED A STALL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN88FA100](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA100), Apr 21, 1988: Cessna 182J (N2720F), Rapid City, SD, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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