- Date
- February 1, 1987, 18:40 local (Feb 2, 1987, 01:40 UTC)
- Place
- Moran, WY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6089TCessna TR-182
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870201002439A
- Case key
- 17095
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Analysis
The pilot received several weather briefings prior to departure. Briefings included reports of icing conditions, low clouds and turbulence. VFR flight was not recommended. Plt departed VFR and filed IFR enroute to jackson. The pilot was issued instructions for the ILS approach to jackson but was unable to execute them. The ATC controller attempted to guide N6089T to jackson, then Idaho falls, due to severe weather that included turbulence and icing on the approach to jackson. The accident occurred aprox 30 miles from jackson. Plt logbook revealed no recent night flight time.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6089T
- Reported as
- Cessna TR-182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- F18201897
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C52, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Horace H. Koessler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 5, 1987
- Departed
- MSO · Missoula, MT
- Destination
- JAC · Jackson, WY
- Flight plan
- VFR/IFR
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
- 78
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,084 total · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 50 knots, gusting 70
- Temperature
- -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.