- Date
- August 23, 1987, 04:40 local (09:40 UTC)
- Place
- Pensacola, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4741DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870823047329A
- Case key
- 31775
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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 plt stated that just after liftoff he flew into a layer of haze and became disoriented, the aircraft stalled, crashed into a dirt mound, spun around and came to rest off the left side of the runway. The aircraft then exploded and was consumed by post crash fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4741D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34841
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Angus H. Ruperts
- Registered owner
- Angus H Rupert
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- MTO · Matune, IL
- Airport
- 82J · Ferguson, runway 36, 2,600 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,630 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.