# NTSB CHI87DEP02: Cessna 182N, N92840, Wissota, WI, March 8, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: March 7, 1987, 19:15 local (Mar 8, 1987, 01:15 UTC)
- Place: Wissota, WI
- Coordinates: 44.930526, -91.389472 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9305&lon=-91.3895&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 2, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13573
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87DEP02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13573/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87DEP02

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - wire,static (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - proper glidepath - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

WHILE ATTEMPTING A NIGHT LANDING, BY USE OF CAR HEADLIGHTS, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK WIRES AND DESCENDED OUT OF CONTROL INTO THE TERRAIN. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE PILOT SEEMED LOW DURING THE FINAL APPROACH. THE PRIVATE AIRPORT WAS NOT LIGHTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N92840](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92840-1989-03-21), registration cancelled 1989-03-21, S/N 18260386 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Registry model: [Cessna 182N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (registry code 2072730) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18260386
- Airframe hours: 4533
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert W. Stumm
- Registered owner: Robert W Stumm
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 2, 1986, 196 hours before
- Departed: OEO, OSCEOLA, WI
- Destination: 4WI0, WISSOTA, WI
- Airport: 4W10, Wissota, runway 24, 2,800 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 602 total, 143 in this make and model, 561 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: EAU, 10 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 19870307005279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870307005279A), Mar 7, 1987: Cessna 182N, Wissota, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The aircraft hit wires during a night approach to an unlit field. The pilot had not flown in the previous 90 days.

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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