# NTSB CHI87FA114: Cessna 182G, N2382R, West Point, IN, April 16, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 16, 1987, 10:42 local (15:42 UTC)
- Place: West Point, IN
- Coordinates: 40.679012, -87.420005 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6790&lon=-87.4200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13638
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87FA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13638/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87FA114

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of recent instrument time, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - missed approach - performed, pilot in command
  - aircraft handling - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - spatial disorientation, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2382R-1988-05-20), registration cancelled 1988-05-20, S/N 18255482 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Registry model: [Cessna 182G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (registry code 2072716) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18255482
- Airframe hours: 2934
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870416076599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870416076599A), Apr 16, 1987: Cessna 182G, Lafayette, IN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed in a level plowed field. Wreckage showed a high impact velocity. Was on second ILS approach to airport.

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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