- Date
- October 27, 1989, 21:15 local (Oct 28, 1989, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Nebraska City, NE
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5725XCessna 320
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891027043409A
- Case key
- 34873
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to continue the flight into IFR conditions and the failure to maintain adequate alittude. Factors related to the accident were the pilot's over confidence in his ability and the lack of instrument flight experience.
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 received a weather briefing during which he was informed that IFR conditions existed along the planned route to auburn, nb. Witnesses reported seeing the airplane flying low along a highway east of the reported intended destination airstrip. They reported the local weather conditions as foggy with a light mist. The airplane crashed in a field about 16 miles north of the intended airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5725X
- Reported as
- Cessna 320
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 320-0025
- Airframe hours
- 2,743
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-470-B, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steve Lyon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1989
- Departed
- JEF · Jefferson City, MO
- Destination
- K01 · Auburn, NE
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 362 total · 5 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIE, 45 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.