# Accident 20040409006152A: Cessna 182S, New Munster, WI, April 9, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2004
- Place: New Munster, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5717° N, 88.2003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5717&lon=-88.2003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N355BD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182S
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 391 total, 138 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040409006152A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04/09/2004 AT 7:30 CDST, A CESSNA 182 HAD A MID-AIR COLLISION WITH A CESSNA 172. THE CESSNA 182 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CESSNA 172 SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. EACH AIRCRAFT MADE UNEVENTFUL LANDINGS. THE PILOTS DID NOT REPORT ANY INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NEITHER PILOT HAD FILED A FLIGHT PLAN. ON 04/10/04 THE PILOT OF THE CESSNA 182 WAS INTERVIEWED AND THE AIRCRAFT INSPECTED FOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL AND THE NOSE GEAR FAIRING. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS PERFORMING A STEEP TURN OF 45-DEGREE BANK ANGLE. HE STATED THAT HE WAS HEADING APPROXIMATELY SOUTH AFTER A 360-DEGREE TURN. HE STATED THAT HE WAS CLEARING AS HE TURNED. HE STATED THAT AS HE BEGAN ROLLING OUT OF THE TURN HE SAW ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN HIS 2-O'CLOCK POSITION. HE STATED THAT IT WAS BELOW HIM, HEADING ABOUT 310-DEGREES. HE STATED HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO ATTEMPT TO AVOID THE COLLISION. HE THEN INDICATED HE CHECKED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS, THE ENGINE INSTRUMENTS AND THE STATUS OF THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AND RETURNED TO HIS HOME FIELD. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INDICATES THE NOSE WHEEL OF THE 182 CONTACTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 172 VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER. THE DAMAGE TO THE 172 IS APPROXIMATELY THE TOP 8 INCHES OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER MISSING AND A BEND IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER. THE DAMAGE TO THE 182 IS TO THE FIREWALL AND FAIRING THAT SURROUNDS THE NOSE GEAR.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N73213, Cessna 172M: [Accident 20040409006151A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040409006151A)

## 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 CHI04LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA104), Apr 10, 2004: Cessna 182S (N355BD), New Munster, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: Visual lookout not maintained by the pilots of both airplanes.

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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