# Accident 19960219001899A: Cessna 182E, Bloomington-Nor, IL, February 19, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1996, 19:00 local time
- Place: Bloomington-Nor, IL
- Airport: Bloomington-Normal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0008° N, 88.5195° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0008&lon=-88.5195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3243Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3243Y-1997-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960219001899A

## Narrative

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

VFR LOW TIME PILOT LOST CONTROL AT NIGHT IN A SNOWSTORM. CRASHED INTO A FIELD. FATAL INJURIES. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED. (-23) ON FEBRUARY 18, 1996 AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 CDT, A PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL AIRPORT (BMI), BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS ENROUTE TO PALWAUKEE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (PWK), WHEELING, ILLINOIS. APPROXIMATELY 41 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLOOMINGTON, THE CESSNA 182, N3243Y, CRASHED ONTO A FIELD FATALLY INJURING BOTH OCCUPANTS.

## 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 CHI96FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA094), Feb 19, 1996: Cessna 182 (N3243Y), Odell, IL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: VFR flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and subsequent loss of aircraft control, probably due to spatial disorientation of the pilot. Factors relating to 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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