# Accident 20040216003149A: Cessna 182Q, Rozel, KS, February 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2004, 07:00 local time
- Place: Rozel, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2897° N, 99.4497° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2897&lon=-99.4497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N735RD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N735RD-2007-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 8,853 total, 237 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040216003149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WEATHER REPORTS, BOTH INFRARED AND WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGES AND LOCAL RESIDENTS INDICATE THAT THERE WERE LOW CLOUDS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS ACCIDENT SCENE. THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE AREA WERE BELOW FREEZING AND THERE WAS AN AIRMET FOR THE AREA CALLING FOR OCCASIONAL MIXED ICING IN CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION BELOW 7,000 FEET MSL. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE GROUND IN A VERTICAL DESCENT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN A REMOTE RURAL AREA BEFORE SUNUP. MR. JOHNSON WAS REQUIRED TO POSSESS GLASSES FOR NEAR AND INTERMEDIATE VISION. HE NORMALLY CARRIED THOSE GLASSES IN HIS POCKET. NO FLASHFLIGHT WAS FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE. MR. JOHNSON WAS KNOWN TO WEAR A SHOULDER HARNESS WHEN FLYING. ALTHOUGH INSTRUMENT RATED, MR. JOHNSON HAD NOT STAYED CURRENT IN MANY YEARS. MR. JOHNSON RECEIVED AN ABBREVIATED BRIEFING THAT TOLD HIM OF VFR CONDITIONS IN THE DESTINATION AREA. NO RECORDS WERE FOUND THAT MR. JOHNSON RECEIVED A COMPUTER BRIEFING AND WAS THEREFORE PROBABLY NOT AWARE OF IFR CONDITIONS AT REPORTING STATIONS TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF HIS ROUTE OR OF THE AIRMET FOR ICING. WITH THIS INFORMATION, IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT INADVERTENT IFR CONDITIONS WERE ENCOUNTERED WITH POSSIBLE UNRELIABLE AIRSPEED INDICATIONS AND LOSS OF CONTROL.

## 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 CHI04FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA071), Feb 16, 2004: Cessna 182Q (N735RD), Rozel, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions, the spatial disorientation, and aircraft control not maintained by the pilot during cruise flight. Contributing to the accident were…

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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