# NTSB DEN86FA249: Cessna 182G, N2030R, Brighton, CO, September 15, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: September 15, 1986, 04:40 local (10:40 UTC)
- Place: Brighton, CO
- Coordinates: 39.950954, -104.790969 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9510&lon=-104.7910&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16846
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86FA249
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16846/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA249

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight into known adverse weather - initiated, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2030R-2012-08-08), registration cancelled 2012-08-08, S/N 18255230, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Registry model: [Cessna 182G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (registry code 2072716) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18255230
- Airframe hours: 2741
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860915045169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860915045169A), Sep 15, 1986: Cessna 182G, Brighton, CO, Destroyed. The plane flew into the ground during night, IFR conditions. The pilot was not instrument rated. No flight brief.

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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