# NTSB CHI86LA224: Cessna 182M, N71650, Quincy, IL, September 18, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 17, 1986, 20:57 local (Sep 18, 1986, 01:57 UTC)
- Place: Quincy, IL
- Coordinates: 39.929718, -91.379776 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9297&lon=-91.3798&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13524
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA224
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13524/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA224

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, circling (ifr)
  - weather condition - fog
- In flight collision with terrain/water, circling (ifr)
  - terrain condition - crop
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - missed approach - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE ATC REPORT, N71650 INDICATED HE WOULD USE THE ILS RWY 04 AND CIRCLE TO RWY 18. THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS IN AND OUT OF FOG WHILE ON DOWNWIND FOR RWY 18 AND THAT HE THEN ENCOUNTERED A 'BANK OF GROUND FOG' AS HE TURNED SHORT FINAL. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE CORN WAS VISIBLE WITHIN SECONDS AND POWER WAS ADDED, HOWEVER THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN AND SLID TO THE RIGHT APRX 25 YARDS BEFORE COMING TO REST.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N71650](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71650-1992-09-15), registration cancelled 1992-09-15, S/N 18259702 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M
- Registry model: [Cessna 182M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (registry code 2072728) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18258702
- Airframe hours: 1900
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: R. J. Ag Manufacturing
- Registered owner: R.J. Ag Manufacturing Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 1, 1985, 80 hours before
- Departed: 3G4, ASHLAND, OH
- Destination: UIN, QUINCY, IL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: UIN, Quincy, runway 18, 5,900 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,457 total, 36 in this make and model, 1,260 as pilot in command, 49 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: UIN

## 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 19860917047079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860917047079A), Sep 17, 1986: Cessna 182M, Quincy, IL, Substantial damage. The pilot lost visual references while circling to land at night. The aircraft impacted in a cornfield. Ground fog.

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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