- Date
- February 19, 1986, 21:12 local (Feb 20, 1986, 02:12 UTC)
- Place
- Elyria, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1523MCessna 182P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860219003379A
- Case key
- 6925
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt was cleared for and executed a rwy 17 ILS apch at night. Prior to beginning the apch he was informed that vis was 1/8 mile. Minimum for the apch was 1/2 mile. At the middle marker the plt rated pax in the right seat told the PIC that the rwy was not in sight. The pax said he had activated the rwy lights when the apch was started. Two pax, both plts, reported that the missed apch was initiated. One recalled nothing more. The other recalled a crunch. Terrain around the arpt was flat. The acft struck a tree aprx 12 ft above the ground at a distance of 2100 ft from the rwy apch end threshold on a relative bearing of 230 degs. At the time of impact the acft was in a right turn on a heading of 345 degs. The missed apch procedure calls for a climb to 1700 ft then a climbing left turn to 3000 ft. flaps were found in the retracted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1523M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264363
- Airframe hours
- 1,427
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dwayne Marx & Charles R Zeller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 5, 1985 · 139 hours before
- Departed
- GMU · Greenville, SC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 22G · Lorain County Regional, runway 7, 5,000 × 100 ft
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 649 total · 182 in this make and model · 516 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 340° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 22G, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.