# Accident 20170402008419A: Cessna 182D, Blue Earth, MN, April 2, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2017, 22:06 local time
- Place: Blue Earth, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5953° N, 94.0928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5953&lon=-94.0928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8889X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8889X-2018-09-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,108 total, 33 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA215) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170402008419A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM LAKE ELMO AIRPORT MINNESOTA ENROUTE TO BLUE EARTH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT MINNESOTA.  THE FLIGHT WAS PLANNED TO BE FULLY COMPLETED AT NIGHT AND UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  WEATHER FOR DESTINATION AIRPORT WAS NOT CHECKED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE.  PRIOR TO TAKEOFF, PILOT SET THE ALTIMETER TO FIELD ELEVATION.  ENROUTE TO DESTINATION, THE PASSENGER/^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^/STUDENT PILOT WAS OBSERVING FOREFLIGHT AND WAS UPDATING THE BAROMETRIC SETTING ACCORDING TO FOREFLIGHT.  WEATHER WAS NOT CHECKED ENROUTE FOR ARRIVAL AIRPORT.  WEATHER AT THE NEAREST WEATHER REPORTING FACILITY WAS OVERCAST 300 FEET AND 2 1/2 SM VISIBILITY WITH A BAROMETRIC PRESSURE OF 29.81 INCHES.  THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE ON THE AIRCRAFT WAS SET AT 30.22 INCHES.  DURING APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT, LOW VISIBILITY AND LOW CEILINGS WERE ENCOUNTERED.  WHILE PILOT WAS LOOKING FOR THE AIRPORT AND THE RUNWAY LIGHTS, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A FIELD .44 MILES SOUTH OF THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY.   PILOT STATED HE DESCENDED TO 1400 FEET MSL WHICH WOULD HAVE PUT HIM AT 300 FEET ABOVE FIELD ELEVATION.  PILOT HAD MINOR INJURIES AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.

## 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 GAA17CA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA215), Apr 3, 2017: Cessna 182 (N8889X), Blue Earth, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue the night, visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain while on final approach. Contributing to 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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