# NTSB CHI87FA021: Cessna 182P, N9124M, Goreville, IL, November 7, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 7, 1986, 15:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Goreville, IL
- Coordinates: 37.549129, -88.969116 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5491&lon=-88.9691&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13621
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87FA021
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13621/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87FA021

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, cruise
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - wire,static
  - visual lookout - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED AND BURNED FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH A GUY-WIRE SUPPORTING A MICRO-WAVE TOWER. THE PLT HAD INITIATED THE FLT IN MVFR WEATHER AND CONTINUED THE VFR FLT INTO IMC CONDITIONS. THE CRASH SITE WAS LOCATED ADJACENT TO INTERSTATE HWY 57 AND WITNESSES HAD OBSERVED THE ACFT FLYING IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION PARALLEL TO I-57 AT NEAR TREE-TOP LEVEL PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. A PLT FOR THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE REPORTED THAT THE CEILING AND VISIBILITY WERE NEAR ZERO WHEN HE PASSED THE VICINITY OF THE CRASH SITE IN A AUTOMOBILE APRX 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE CRASH. THE WEATHER AT THE NEAREST REPORTING STATION, LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF THE CRASH SITE, WAS 300 FT OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 2 MILES WITH A LIGHT DRIZZLE AND FOG.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9124M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18264687
- Airframe hours: 856
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-S 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Allen L. Livek
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 30, 1986
- Departed: C07, KEWANEE, IL
- Destination: M34, GILBERTVILLE, KY

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 2,100 total, 856 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day

## 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 19861107054159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861107054159A), Nov 7, 1986: Cessna 182P, Goreville, IL, Destroyed. Proceed VFR into ceiling and visibility zero conditions. Struck a microwave tower guy wire. Crashed and burned.

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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