# NTSB MKC82FCQ14: Cessna TRI82, N756KD, Bunker Hill, KS, September 6, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: September 6, 1982
- Place: Bunker Hill, KS
- Location: 38.8753° N, 98.6989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bunker Hill, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8753&lon=-98.6989&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 6, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70080
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82FCQ14
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70080/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82FCQ14

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command
  - qualification, pilot in command
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, cruise
  - aircraft handling - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - spatial disorientation, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756KD-1982-11-08), registration cancelled 1982-11-08, S/N R18201090 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TRI82
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18201090
- Airframe hours: 284
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown; flight hours: 123 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Night/dark
- Temperature: 145 °F

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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