# NTSB MKC84FA002: Cessna 182R, N5191E, Springfield, MO, October 5, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: October 5, 1983, 00:12 local (05:12 UTC)
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Coordinates: 37.279098, -93.290794 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2791&lon=-93.2908&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal; on the ground: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33498
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84FA002
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33498/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA002

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - obscuration (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - comm/nav equipment,compass receiver - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - comm/nav equipment,receiver - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - decision height - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - fatigue(flight and ground schedule), pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AT 2346 CDT, KANSAS CITY CENTER PROVIDED THE 2251 CDT SPRINGFIELD WX & ADVSED THE PLT TO EXPECT VECTORS FOR AN APCH TO RWY 1. VECTORS WERE PROVIDED UNTIL 0006;50 CDT, WHEN CENTER ADVISED THAT RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST, 3 MI SOUTH OF THE OUTER MARKER COMPASS LOCATOR. THE PLT WAS CLEARED FOR THE APCH & WAS DIRECTED TO CONTACT SPRINGFIELD RADIO. AT 0008:21 CDT, THE PLT CALLED SPRINGFIELD FSS & ADVISED THAT HE WAS ON THE APLH, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RECEIVE THE OUTER MARKER. THE FSS ADVISED THAT THE COMPASS LOCATOR, GLIDE SLOPE & LOCALIZER WERE MONITORING NORMAL. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE ACFT HIT THE TOPS OF TREES & CRASHED, APRX 1200 FT WEST OF THE APCH END OF RWY 1. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE WX HAD DETECIORATED VERY RAPIDLY FROM THE TIME THE PLT WAS CLEARED FOR THE APCH TO THE TME OF THE ACCIDENT. A RENTAL SLIP SHOWED THAT THE ADF &  MARKER BEACON WERE NOP ON 9/29/83, BUT NO RECORD WAS FOUND OF EITHER BEING REPAIRED. A SPECIAL WXBULLETIN WAS RECEIVED AT THE FSS, BUT THE SPECIALIST DID NOT HEAR THE WARNING BUZZER. THE PLT WAS ON DUTY NEARLY 15 HRS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5191E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5191E-1984-04-17), registration cancelled 1984-04-17, S/N 18268298, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Registry model: [Cessna 182R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (registry code 2072731) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18268298
- Airframe hours: 195
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Ozark Skyways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 27, 1982, 90 hours before
- Departed: LIT, LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: SGF, Springfield Reg., runway 1, 7,003 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 889 total, 730 as pilot in command, 157 in the last 90 days, 74 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 100 ft
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SGF

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831005052569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831005052569A), Oct 5, 1983: Cessna 182R, Springfield, MO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck trees on a night IFR approach left of the runway on the airport. Pilot not certified for IFR 135 flight.

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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