# NTSB CHI82FA019: Cessna T337G, N2CU, Fort Wayne, IN, January 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 4, 1982, 02:12 local (06:12 UTC)
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Coordinates: 41.000949, -85.210937 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0009&lon=-85.2109&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70714
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82FA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70714/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FA019

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - performed, pilot in command
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - snow (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, approach
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with geographic area, pilot in command

## Analysis

ON 1/31/83 AT 2134 CST, THE ACFT DEPARTED GRAND ISLAND, NE ON AN IFR FLT PLAN TO TOLEDO, OH, WITH APPX 125 GAL OF FUEL ON BOARD. WHILE EN ROUTE, THE PLT RECEIVED UPDATED WX FOR TOLEDO. AT THAT TIME, THE TOLEDO WX WAS INDEFINITE 100 FT OBSCD, VIS 1-1/2 MI WITH RAIN & FOG, PRESSURE FALLING RAPIDLY. THE PLT CHANGED HIS DESTINATION TO AN ALTN ARPT AT FT WAYNE, WHERE, AT THAT TIME, THE WX WAS 400 FT OVC, VIS 3 MI WITH LGT RAIN & FOG. BY THE TIME, THE ACFT HAD ARRIVED IN THE FT WAYNE AREA, THE CEILING HAD DROPPED TO 200 FT OVC. THE PLT WAS CLRD FOR AN APCH TO THE FT WAYNE MUNI ARPT. BY THAT TIME, THE TOWER WAS CLOSED, BUT THE RWY LGTS WERE SET ON BRIGHT. AT APRX 0212, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES THEN IMPACTED THE GND APRX 1.5 MI NE OF THE ARPT, ABOUT 3 HRS, 48 MIN AFTER TKOF, ON A HDG OF 120 DEG. AN EXAM OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED NORMAL OPERATION. THERE WAS EXTSV DMG TO THE FUEL SYS, THE AMOUNT OF FUEL ON BOARD BRF IMPACT WAS NOT DTRMD, BUT A PAX RPRTD 4 HRS OF FUEL & A RESERVE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2CU](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2CU-2006-04-28), registration cancelled 2006-04-28, S/N P3370061, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337G
- Registry model: [Cessna T337G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337g) (registry code 2075726) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: P3370061
- Airframe hours: 1426
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-C2B 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: James Richard Horn
- Registered owner: James Richard Horn
- Departed: GRI, GRAND ISLAND, NE
- Destination: TOLEDO, OH
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: runway 22, 9,000 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,628 total, 94 in this make and model, 1,100 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 100° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling: 200 ft overcast
- Temperature: 95 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FWA, 2 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 19820104000169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820104000169A), Jan 4, 1982: Cessna T337G, Ft Wayne, IN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Indicates pilot had not planned an alternate on IFR flight. Forced to land below minimums. Flew into ground.

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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