# Accident 19971124034849A: Cessna 182A, New Dover, OH, November 24, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 1997, 08:35 local time
- Place: New Dover, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2293° N, 83.3703° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2293&lon=-83.3703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6068B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6068B-1998-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 362 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971124034849A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED UND UNK CIRC, THE 2 POB SUFFERED FATAL INJ. ACFT WAS DESTROYED. NEW DOVER, OH. (.4)THE NON INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT RECORDED 362 HOURS OF TOTAL FLIGHT TIME OVER 30 YEARS OF FLYING, WITH 6 HOURS RECORDED IN THE LAST 90 DAYS.  THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE A WEATHER BRIEFING OR FILE A FLIGHT PLAN FOR THE 150 MILE FLIGHT.  AN INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT, WHO TOOK OFF FROM THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, STATED THAT 'THE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE EAST OF THE AIRPORT LOOKED EXTREMELY DARK WITH THE CEILING NEARLY TO THE GROUND.'  A PILOT FLYING AN APPROACH INTO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT FROM THE EAST STATED THAT HE SPOTTED THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE IN A STEEP CLIMB AND IT APPEARED TO BE IN AND OUT OF THE CLOUDS.  A WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT THE BOTTOM OF THE CLOUDS CAME DOWN TO THE TOP OF THE POWER TRANSMISSION TOWERS THAT CROSSED HIS FIELD, AND SNOW WAS FALLING, REDUCING VISIBILITY TO APPROXIMATELY 3/4 MILE.  HE HEARD THE AIRPLANE, BUT COULD NOT SEE IT UNTIL IT CAME OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE CLOUDS IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.  HE STATED THAT THE ENGINE SOUNDED AS IF IT WENT TO FULL POWER PRIOR TO GROUND IM                                                          PACT. NO AIRFRAME OR ENGINE MALFUNCTION WAS DETECTED DURING THE EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE.                                                         (-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MARYSVILLE, OH AIRPORT (I78) AT APPROXIMATELY 0815 FOR PLEASURE FLIGHT TO RELATIONS IN EASTERN OH.  ENCOUNTERED IFR WITH HEAVY SNOW WITH VISIBILITY APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE. PILOT IMPACTED GROUND AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED.  AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED-TWO FATAL. PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.

## 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 IAD98FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98FA012), Nov 24, 1997: Cessna 182A (N6068B), New Dover, OH, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's attempted VFR flight into instrument conditions and the loss of aircraft ctontrol subsequent to the pilot's spatial disorientation. Contributing factors were low ceilings, snow and the…

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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