- Date
- September 9, 1984, 02:52 local (07:52 UTC)
- Place
- Ottumwa, IA
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N756TNCessna R182
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840909047839A
- Case key
- 33553
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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 acft entered IMC weather, the plt became disoriented & cruised without ATC navigational assistance after failing to make radio contact or file a flt plan. The non-instrument rated private plt flew until acft power was lost due to fuel exhaustion. The resultant forced landing on rough & uneven terrain on a foggy dark night resulted in substantial damage to the acft. The visibility was estimated as 1/4 of a mile.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756TN
- Reported as
- Cessna R182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201152
- Airframe hours
- 1,266
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas L. Jennings
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 18, 1983 · 98 hours before
- Departed
- DPA · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- 3GV · Grain Valley, MO
- Airport
- OTM · Ottumwa Indust., runway 31, 6,499 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 151 total · 57 in this make and model · 68 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.