- Date
- January 14, 1983, 09:39 local (15:39 UTC)
- Place
- Green Bay, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9916BCessna 172 RG
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830114001059A
- Case key
- 12067
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with the ground during an ILS approach. The weather was IMC at the time and an IFR flt plan was filed. The pilot was instrument rated and had received a weather briefing which forecast icing and freezing drizzle. The pilot told the weather briefer he did not think it sounded too bad. The fss briefer stated its not that great. The pilot elected to go and after climbing to 8000 ft began to get structural icing. Lower alt was tried without success in avoiding icing. At the suggestion of Green Bay ATCT the pilot accepted vectors to an ILS approach to austin straubel arpt 50 minutes after initial departure. The plt could not see the rwy at decision height due to windshield ice. Vectorswere given for another approach. The plt said he hoped to see out of the side window. At decision height he saw the rwy to the left out of side window. He said he turned left and the right wing dropped and he came down. The acft came to rest 500 ft short of the rwy and 100 to 150 ft right of centerline.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9916B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG1079
- Airframe hours
- 174
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Avico North Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 29, 1982 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- MKE · Milwaukee, WI
- Destination
- IMT · Iron Mountain, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GRB · Austin Straubel, runway 6R, 7,699 × 150 ft, concrete
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, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 369 total · 39 in this make and model · 226 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 17 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.