# NTSB CHI66A0088: Cessna 182H, N2457X, Robins, OH, May 8, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 8, 1966
- Place: Robins, OH · ROBINS, OH
- Location: 39.9553° N, 81.5132° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Robins, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9553&lon=-81.5132&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 5, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172437
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66A0088
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66A0088

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0387   66/5/8    ROBINS OHIO         CESSNA 182H         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 616
        TIME - 1050                    N2457X              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 86 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
        WEATHER BRIEFING - PARTIAL BRIEFING BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE/RADIO, LIMITED BY PILOT ACTION
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  600
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       55
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- WITNESS SAID AIRCRAFT MADE STEEP,HIGH SPEED TURN AT LOW ALTITUDE AND THEN CRASHED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2457X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2457X-1966-07-13), registration cancelled 1966-07-13, S/N 18256357 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Registry model: [Cessna 182H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (registry code 2072718) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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