# Accident 19920919037709A: Cessna TR182, Marthas Vineyar, MA, September 19, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1992, 20:16 local time
- Place: Marthas Vineyar, MA
- Airport: Marthas Vineyard
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4037° N, 70.6002° 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=41.4037&lon=-70.6002&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102SR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N102SR-1993-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYC O540L3C5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO92FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92FA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920919037709A

## Narrative

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

ERRATIC ILS APPROACH. WENT BELOW DH. STRUCK TREES AND BURNED. UNAUTHORIZED PART 135 FLIGHT. WEATHER BLOW MINIMA.

## 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 BFO92FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92FA151), Sep 19, 1992: Cessna R182 (N102SR), Edgartown, MA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOTS'S LACK OF REGARD FOR THE PUBLISHED DECISION HEIGHT OF THE APPROACH AND HIS DECISION NOT TO EXECUTE A MISSED APPROACH. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT INCLUDE THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO…

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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