# Accident 20000728036749A: Cessna 182, Sauk City, WI, July 28, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2000, 06:55 local time
- Place: Sauk City, WI
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2696° N, 89.7197° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2696&lon=-89.7197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4742D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4742D-2001-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00FA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA227) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000728036749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS NOT IFR RATED AND FLEW INTO IMC CONDITIONS. WITNESSES STATE THAT AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING LOW IN AND OUT OF THE FOG AND THEN THEY HEARD THE ENIGNE REV UP AND THEN A BOOM. AIRCRAFT BROKE UP AT A LOW ALTITUDE BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND.

## 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 CHI00FA227](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA227), Jul 28, 2000: Cessna 182A (N4742D), Sauk City, WI, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: VFR flight into IMC encountered by the pilot and exceeding the design limits of the aircraf. A factor was flight to a destination alternate not performed by the pilot.

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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