# NTSB CHI93FAMS1: Cessna 182P, N7227N, Portage, IN, February 6, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Missing aircraft · Final report
- Date: February 5, 1993, 18:25 local (Feb 6, 1993, 00:25 UTC)
- Place: Portage, IN
- Coordinates: 41.580055, -87.180007 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5801&lon=-87.1800&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 3, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15587
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI93FAMS1
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15587/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI93FAMS1

## Probable cause

UNDETERMINED.

## Sequence of events

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

- Missing aircraft, unknown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7227N-1993-10-06), registration cancelled 1993-10-06, S/N 18263018 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18263018
- Airframe hours: 1490
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930205004909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930205004909A), Feb 5, 1993: Cessna 182P, Portage, IN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Became missing on night flight over lake Michigan. Frontal area with fog and haze. No ground reference or horizon.

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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