- Date
- April 16, 1987, 10:42 local (15:42 UTC)
- Place
- West Point, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2382RCessna 182G
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870416076599A
- Case key
- 13638
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg an IFR arrival, the plt was clrd for an ILS rwy 10 apch. No radar facilities were available, but at 1026 EST, he rprtd he was established on the localizer. Aprx 4 min later, he declared a missed apch & was cleared back to the outer marker (om), then was clrd for another ILS apch. However, at 1042 EST, the controller lost radio contact with the acft before the plt reported reaching the om. Subsequently, the plane was fnd where it crashed aprx 10 mi sw of the arpt while on a southeasterly heading. The degree of wreckage disintegration showed the acft had impacted at a hi rate of speed. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was fnd drg an exam of the wreckage. The 1053 EST wx at the arpt was in part: 400' overcast, vis 1-1/4 mi with fog, wind from 300 deg at 9 KTS. A check of the plt's logbook showed he had logged only 2 hrs of instrument time in the prev 90 days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2382R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255482
- Airframe hours
- 2,934
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Emmett H. Jurgens
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 13, 1987 · 33 hours before
- Departed
- DEC · Decatur, IL
- Destination
- LAF · Lafayette, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LAF · Purdue University, runway 10, 6,600 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,432 total · 946 in this make and model · 2,379 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAF, 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.