# NTSB DEN88FA100: Cessna 182J, N2720F, Rapid City, SD, April 21, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 21, 1988, 10:37 local (16:37 UTC)
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Location: 44.0800° N, 103.0937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0800&lon=-103.0937&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17364
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88FA100
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17364/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88FA100

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - hazardous weather advisory - disregarded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - anti-ice/deice system - lack of
- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - wing - ice (cause)
  - horizontal stabilizer surface - ice (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - open field
  - terrain condition - snow covered

## Analysis

THE PLT RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM MILES CITY, MT. THE BRIEFING INDICATED WX CONDITIONS LESS THAN VFR WITH ICING CONDITIONS. THE PLT DEPARTED AND LANDED APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR LATER TO REMOVE ICE FROM HIS ACFT. THE PLT DEPARTED A SECOND TIME AND, WHILE ENROUTE, ENCOUNTERED LOWER CEILINGS & VIS. THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE THE VOR/DME 14 APPROACH TO RAPID CITY. WITNESSES SAW THE ACFT FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE WITH THE WINGS ROCKING. THE ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON THE LEADING EDGES OF THE WINGS, HORIZONTAL, AND VERTICAL STABILIZERS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2720F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2720F-1991-11-27), registration cancelled 1991-11-27, S/N 18256820 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- Registry model: [Cessna 182J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (registry code 2072722) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18256820
- Airframe hours: 3927
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-LCR 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Everett J. Dennis
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 15, 1987, 131 hours before
- Departed: BDX, BROADUS, MT
- Destination: RAP, RAPID CITY, SD
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: RAP, Rapid City Regional, runway 14, 8,700 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 3,533 total, 3,305 as pilot in command, 39 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 900 ft broken
- Temperature: 34 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: RAP, 3 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 19880421012969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880421012969A), Apr 21, 1988: Cessna 182J, Rapid City, SD, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Flew into known icing. Unable to climb to mva for approach. Tried to fly under clouds. Airframe ice caused a stall.

## Other investigations on N2720F (2)

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.

- [NTSB MKC73DCJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCJ05), Jul 8, 1972: Cessna 182 (N2720F), Pender, NE, substantial damage
- [NTSB MKC72DCD60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC72DCD60), Feb 5, 1972: Cessna 182 (N2720F), Sioux City, IA, substantial damage

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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