# Accident 19980327004429A: Cessna 182H, March 27, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1998, 19:20 local time
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8460S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8460S-2013-09-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 343 total, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98FAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98FAMS2) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980327004429A

## Narrative

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

(.4)THE AIRPLANE WAS EQUIPPED WITH 2 VOR AND 1 ADF RECEIVERS; NO GPS RECEIVER WAS INSTALLED. THE PILOT WAS USING AN INCORRECT ROUTE SEGMENT FOR THE FLIGHT.  THE PILOT ADVISED THE ARTCC CONTROLLER THAT ONLY 1 VOR RECEIVER WAS OPERABLE, THE ADF WAS INOPERATIVE, AND HE WAS UNABLE TO RECEIVE THE VOR SIGNAL FROM GREAT EXUMA, WHERE HE PLANNED TO REFUEL.  THE FLIGHT CONTINUED THEN THE PILOT ADVISED THE CONTROLLER THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND THE FLIGHT DESCENDED TO 4,000 FEET, WHERE RADIO CONTACT WAS LOST.  A 4-DAY SEARCH FOR THE AIRPLANE WAS PERFORMED WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.  THE PILOT HAD NEVER FLOWN IN THE BAHAMAS OR CARIBBEAN BEFORE WHILE ACTING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND HAD NEVER FLOWN A CESSNA 182 BEFORE.  THE DESTINATION AIRPORT DOES NOT HAVE AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH AND LANDING AT NIGHT IS NOT PERMITTED.  THE CALCULATED ARRIVAL TIME WAS AFTER THE END OF CIVIL TWILIGHT AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT.   THE VOR LOCATED ON GREAT EXUMA ISLAND, BAHAMAS, MAINTAINED BY THE AIRWAY FACILITIES SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION, BAHAMAS, WAS OUT OF SERVICE ON THE DAY OF THE FLIGHT AND HAD BEEN OUT OF SERVICE SINCE MARCH 1996; NO NOTAM WAS IN EFFECT ON THE DAY OF THE FLIGHT, AND TH IS INFORMATION WAS NOT PUBLISHED. (-23) PILOT HAD JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED COMMERCIAL/INSTRUMENT FLIGHT TRAINING AND RECEIVED HIS CERTIFICATES.  MR. WEGEREEF HAD RECEIVED FURTHER EXPERIENCE IN LR 35 AIRCRAFT AT PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT CREW SERVICES IN MELBOURNE, FL. PILOT HAD APPROX. 300 TOTAL HOURS AND WAS STILL SOMEWHAT INEXPERIENCED.  PILOT APPARENTLY BECAME LOST FLYING FROM KINGSTON, JAMAICA TO GEORGETOWN, BAHAMAS. PILOT EXPERIENCED DISORIENTATION AND ENGINE FAILURE (ASSUMED TO BEFROM FUEL EXHAUSTION) SOMEWHERE AROUND TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS. PILOT AND AIRCRAFT HAVE NOT BEEN FOUND.

## 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 MIA98FAMS2](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98FAMS2), Mar 28, 1998: Cessna 182H (N8460S), Missing, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined.

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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