- Date
- January 31, 1992, 19:38 local (Feb 1, 1992, 01:38 UTC)
- Place
- Bartlesville, OK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6444ACessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920131001519A
- Case key
- 18349
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance. A factor was the dark night.
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
During a dark night approach, the private pilot failed to maintain sufficient altitude to maintain terrain clearance. The airplane struck several trees and severed the right wing spar and wing fairing. Following the loss of the airfoil elements, the airplane descended uncontrolled to ground impact. The elevation of the impact point was 250 feet above the airport elevation, approximately 4 miles from the runway, and on the extended centerline.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6444A
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3324
- Airframe hours
- 2,838
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Randal R. Hoglen
- Registered owner
- Randal R. Hoglen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1991 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- GVW · Kansas City, MO
- Airport
- BVO · Frank Phillips, runway 17, 5,900 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 148 total · 129 in this make and model · 82 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BVO, 4 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.