- Date
- January 10, 1986, 15:18 local (21:18 UTC)
- Place
- Clinton, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3948DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860110000419A
- Case key
- 34057
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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 pilot normally made several touch and go landings before departing the local area. He was known to not fly near clouds or at night. For this flight, the ceiling was at least 1000 feet at takeoff and was at least 700 feet in the accident area. Airplane was observed at takeoff but was not seen again until the wreckage was found. The airplane impacted the terrain at high speed, in a slight descent, one mile west of the departure airport, near where the normal downwind leg would have been.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3948D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34648
- Airframe hours
- 2,465
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Henry L. Weckerle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 21, 1985 · 15 hours before
- Destination
- DBQ · Dubuque, IA
- Airport
- CWI · Municipal, runway 32, 3,700 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,059 total · 1,059 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.