- Date
- March 22, 1990, 09:22 local (16:22 UTC)
- Place
- Caputa, SD
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N92292Cessna 182N
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900322004999A
- Case key
- 17824
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot, accumulation of structural ice and the pilot's failure to maintain control of the aircraft. The adverrse weather was a related factor.
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
The pilot was flying three passengers to rapid city for a scholarship interview. He received a weather briefing prior to departure & again en route, both times receiving information about light to moderate icing conditions at his destination. The plt reported he was in icing conditions as he turned to intercept the ILS localizer. He then radioed that the acft was in a 'a spin and a dive.' An on-scene exam revealed numerous large pieces of contoured ice that matched the rounded portion of the wing leading edge.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92292
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260133
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald L. Myers
- Registered owner
- Richard M. Tackabury
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GXY · Greeley, CO
- Destination
- RAP · Rapid City, SD
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- RAP · Rapid City Rgnl, runway 32, 8,701 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RAP, 6 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.