# NTSB ATL86FA077: Cessna 182P, N1523M, Elyria, OH, February 20, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 19, 1986, 21:12 local (Feb 20, 1986, 02:12 UTC)
- Place: Elyria, OH
- Coordinates: 41.370971, -82.100303 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3710&lon=-82.1003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6925
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86FA077
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6925/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA077

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, missed approach (ifr)
  - object - tree(s)
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total instrument time, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night
  - missed approach - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - below approach/landing minimums
  - climb - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - raising of flaps - premature, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1523M-2013-07-18), registration cancelled 2013-07-18, S/N 18264363, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18264363
- Airframe hours: 1427
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860219003379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860219003379A), Feb 19, 1986: Cessna 182P, Elyria, OH, Destroyed. Struck trees on an ILS missed approach in low IFR. Banked instead of climbing straight ahead. Altimeter read high.

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.

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