- Date
- February 18, 1991, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Wallkill, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2445GCessna 182B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910218002539A
- Case key
- 36880
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Decision by the non-instrument rated pilot to attempt flight into instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in airframe icing, loss of control and collision with trees. A factor related to the accident was the failure of the pilot to receive a pre-flight weather briefing.
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 non instrument rated pilot did not receive a pre flight weather briefing. He attempted to fly into instrument meteorological conditions. The airplane encountered icing conditions and the pilot changed destinations. While on final approach for the airport, the pilot lost control of the airplane and collided with trees. The weather sequence reported freezing rain and ice pellets.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2445G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2445G
- Engine
- Continental O-470 R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- General Production Inc.
- Registered owner
- General Production Inc.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- LCI · Laconia, NH
- Destination
- N94 · Carlisle, PA
- Airport
- 06N · Randall, runway 26, 2,800 × 26 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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,060 total · 900 in this make and model · 1,060 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.