- Date
- February 5, 1993, 18:25 local (Feb 6, 1993, 00:25 UTC)
- Place
- Portage, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N7227NCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930205004909A
- Case key
- 15587
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Probable cause
Undetermined.
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
A private pilot took off near sunset with weather deteriorating along the route of flight. The airplane did not arrive at destination, and the airplane and pilot have not been located. Airplane fragments washed ashore near the airplane's last observed radar position over lake Michigan.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7227N
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263018
- Airframe hours
- 1,490
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Miller Aircraft Company, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Miller Aircraft Company, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 07G · Charlotte, MI
- Destination
- MDW · Chicago, IL
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 156 total · 133 in this make and model · 95 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 360° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GYY, 13 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.