- Date
- July 24, 1988, 04:23 local (08:23 UTC)
- Place
- Stevensville, MD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9997CCessna R182RG
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880724027619A
- Case key
- 11373
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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 acft departed bay bridge arpt at aprx 0415 EDT. The passenger, also a plt, was reading back an IFR clearance to ATC when communication ended in the middle of a sentence without any sign of distress. Comparison of ATC and radar tapes indicates that N9997C had entered a descending right turn in clouds and had lost between 700 and 1000 feet of alt during the radio transmission. The acft crashed into the chesapeake bay aprx 8 minutes after takeoff. N9997C was located and recovery began aprx 35 days after the accident. Examination of the wreckage failed to disclose any failure/malfunction of the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9997C
- Reported as
- Cessna R182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182-00497
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeffrey A. Kila
- Registered owner
- Jeffrey A Kila
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 1987
- Departed
- W29 · Stevensville, MD
- Destination
- YHU · Montreal
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- W29 · Bay Bridge
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 252 total · 195 in this make and model · 177 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI, 17 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.