- Date
- March 31, 1992, 20:18 local (Apr 1, 1992, 02:18 UTC)
- Place
- Port Washington, WI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1230DCessna 182
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920331008309A
- Case key
- 15287
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Probable cause
The continuation of VFR flight into IMC conditions, by a (pilot) unknown, and not maintaining aircraft control by a (pilot) unknown.
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.
Analysis
The airplane departed a controlled airport in night VMC conditions, to the north northeast with PIREP information from the local controller of possible IMC conditions in the direction of flight. Fifteen minutes after taking off the airplane departed controlled flight and impacted the terrain. Residents in the area of the impact, who heard the airplane, noted a heavy snow shower in progress at the time of the accident, with visibility restricted to less than 900 feet. Neither pilot in the airplane was instrument rated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1230D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33697
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hermann, Steven A.
- Registered owner
- Hermann, Steven A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 29, 1991
- Departed
- MWC · Milwaukee, WI
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 710 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 340° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MWC, 22 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.