- Date
- September 15, 1986, 04:40 local (10:40 UTC)
- Place
- Brighton, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2030RCessna 182G
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860915045169A
- Case key
- 16846
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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
At approximately 0415 hours when it was still night time, the non instrument rated private plt took off on an extended cross country flt to Kentucky. About 15 minutes later he was observed flying in a left turn, at an attitude of 50 to 75 feet in heavy fog when the acft impacted the ground. The acft was destroyed and the plt. Received fatal injuries. The plts flt time was not reported or available.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2030R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255230
- Airframe hours
- 2,741
- Engine
- Continental O-470 SERIES, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James R. Bailey
- Registered owner
- James R. Bailey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 4, 1985 · 305 hours before
- Departed
- 48V · Erie, CO
- Destination
- 198 · Elizabethtown, KY
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.