- Date
- May 4, 1988, 19:30 local (May 5, 1988, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Neligh, NE
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2872RCessna 182K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880504012699A
- Case key
- 34492
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Probable cause
None submitted
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
Shortly after making a normal takeoff and climb, the aircraft made a 180 degree turn and flew towards the departure airport at what witnesses described as low and slow. Shortly afterward, the aircraft nosed down and descended, uncontrolled, to the terrain. Post accident investigation revealed no mechanical malfunction or fuel supply shortage. The acft sustained substantial damage, and the low time, newly certificated private pilot, and passenger suffered serious injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2872R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18258472
- Airframe hours
- 962
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennis E. Reicks
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 20, 1987 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- 4V9 · Neligh, NE
- Airport
- 4V9 · Antelope County
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 85 total · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ONL, 36 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.