- Date
- September 6, 1982
- Place
- Bunker Hill, KS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N756KDCessna TRI82
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70080
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 non-instrument rated pilot departed great bend, KS sometime after 2000 CDT on 9/6/83 on a flight to lucas, KS. On 9/9/83, the aircraft was found where it had crashed between great bend and lucas. No preimpact, mechanical failures were evident. The 2256 weather at russell, KS was (in part) estimated 25000 broken, visibility 5 mi with fog, temp 63 deg, dew point 63 deg. The weather continued to deteriorate during the night. At 0555 the next morning, the weather was reported as indefinite ceiling, 100 ft obscured, visibility 1/2 mi with fog, temp and dew point 61 deg. The pilot had no current medical certificate, but no pre-accident, medical problems were found during an autopsy. There was no record that the pilot had obtained a weather briefing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756KD
- Reported as
- Cessna TRI82
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201090
- Airframe hours
- 284
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Allen Drilling Co.
- Registered owner
- Allen Drilling Co.
- Departed
- Great Bend, KS
- Destination
- Lucas, KS
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 123 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
- Temperature
- 145 °F