# NTSB CHI87LA051: Cessna 172RG, N9603B, Bloominton, IN, December 18, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 17, 1986, 19:27 local (Dec 18, 1986, 00:27 UTC)
- Place: Bloominton, IN
- Coordinates: 39.160907, -86.519439 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1609&lon=-86.5194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13712
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA051
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13712/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA051

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - ifr procedure - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - decision height - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - missed approach - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE WAS CLEARED FOR THE ILS APPROACH AND FOLLOWED HIS GLIDESLOPE AND LOCALIZER INDICATIONS IN A NORMAL MANNER. HE EVENTUALLY SAW THE GROUND PRIOR TO REACHING HIS DECISION HEIGHT OF APPROX 200 FEET AGL. THIS SIGHTING OF THE GROUND WAS THE LAST THING HE REMEMBERED PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE GROUND APPROX 1/2 MILE FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY. HE DOES NOT REMEMBER ATTEMPTING A MISSED APPROACH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9603B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9603B-2014-11-26), registration cancelled 2014-11-26, S/N 172RG0913, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 172RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (registry code 2072438) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172RG0913
- Airframe hours: 1282
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-F1A6 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Peter S. Goshgarian
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 9, 1986, 57 hours before
- Departed: DAY, DAYTON, OH
- Destination: BMG, BLOOMINGTON, IN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BMG, Monroe County, runway 35, 5,201 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,039 total, 14 in this make and model, 922 as pilot in command, 71 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 300 ft overcast
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: HUF, 37 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 19861217069399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861217069399A), Dec 17, 1986: Cessna 172RG, Bloomington, IN, Destroyed. The aircraft struck a hill during a night approach. The pilot descended below glidepath.

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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