# NTSB DEN83FTK02: Cessna 182Q, N94657, Bryant, SD, November 25, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: November 25, 1982, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Bryant, SD
- Location: 44.5899° N, 97.4673° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bryant, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5899&lon=-97.4673&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 25, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70064
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83FTK02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70064/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83FTK02

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - buzzing - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - proper climb rate - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total instrument time, pilot in command (cause)
  - pull-up - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - open field (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN AN OPEN, FLAT, STUBBLE FIELD JUST SOUTH OF BRYANT SD. THE ANGLE OF IMPACT WAS 45 DEGREES NOSE DOWN, WITH WINGS LEVEL. FIRE AFTER IMPACT CONSUMED MOST OF THE WRECKAGE AND THE 5 OCCUPANTS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THEWEATHER WAS IFR WITH LOW CEILINGS AND THE NIGHT WAS GETTING DARK EARLIER THAN USUAL. WITNESSES HAD OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFTFLYING VERY LOW AND ALMOST COLLIDING WITH HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS WATER TANKS. ON HIS LAST PULL-UP OVER THE TOWN THE PILOT APPARENTLY CLIMBED INTO THE CLOUDS. LOST CONTROL IN A STALL AND CAME DOWN AT A STEEP ANGLE. HE WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED AND HAD NOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING FOR THIS FLIGHT. IRONICALLY THE FIELD HE CRASHED IN WOULD HAVE MADE A GOOD PLACEFOR A LANDING IF HE HAD STAYED IN CONTROL AND COULD HAVE SEEN IT. THE CEILING WAS 700 FEET VISIBILITY 5 MILES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N94657 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18266477
- Airframe hours: 1200
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 250 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Virgil Van Overschelde
- Registered owner: Unlimited Horizons Inc.
- Departed: MITCHELL, SD
- Destination: MILBANK, SD

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; commercial, private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,475 total, 11 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 10° at 18 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 700 ft overcast
- Temperature: 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ATY, 28 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 19821125060059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821125060059A), Nov 25, 1982: Cessna 182Q, South Bryant, SD, Destroyed, 4 fatal. VFR pilot pulled up into low ceiling to miss a water tank. Lost control. Dived into ground and burned.

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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