- Date
- January 1, 1989, 17:58 local (23:58 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2305UCessna T210N
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890101000039A
- Case key
- 14241
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper IFR procedure during an ILS approach in below minimum conditions, and the pilot's failure to proceed to an alternate destination. Contributing factors were the adverse weather conditions.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2305U
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210647778
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth M. Tyler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GCK · Garden City, KS
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 525 in this make and model · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 9 knots
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPI, 1 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.