# Accident 19900928043239A: Cessna 182Q, Nantucket, MA, September 28, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1990, 20:41 local time
- Place: Nantucket, MA
- Airport: Nantucket Memorial
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2533° N, 70.0605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NANTUCKET MEML (ACK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2533&lon=-70.0605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5289N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5289N-1993-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC90FA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA231) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900928043239A

## Narrative

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

MISSED FIRST ILS DUE AUTO PILOT QUIT. ON SECOND TRY GOT BELOW MDA DUE NO GLIDE SLOPE. WEATHER MINIMUMS. CRASHED.

## 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 NYC90FA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA231), Sep 29, 1990: Cessna 182Q (N5289N), Nantucket, MA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER IFR OPERATION IN ATTEMPTING AN ILS APPROACH IN AN AIRPLANE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN ILS GLIDE SLOPE RECEIVER. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.

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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