Cessna TRI82 N756KD

Summary

On 6 September 1982 at about 00:00 local time, a Cessna TRI82 registered N756KD, operated by Allen Drilling Co., was involved in an accident near Bunker Hill, Kansas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 September 1982 at 00:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Bunker Hill, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna TRI82

Registration

N756KD

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Allen Drilling Co.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Great Bend → Lucas

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC82FCQ14

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT DEPARTED GREAT BEND, KS SOMETIME AFTER 2000 CDT ON 9/6/83 ON A FLIGHT TO LUCAS, KS. ON 9/9/83, THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND WHERE IT HAD CRASHED BETWEEN GREAT BEND AND LUCAS. NO PREIMPACT, MECHANICAL FAILURES WERE EVIDENT. THE 2256 WEATHER AT RUSSELL, KS WAS (IN PART) ESTIMATED 25000 BROKEN, VISIBILITY 5 MI WITH FOG, TEMP 63 DEG, DEW POINT 63 DEG. THE WEATHER CONTINUED TO DETERIORATE DURING THE NIGHT. AT 0555 THE NEXT MORNING, THE WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS INDEFINITE CEILING, 100 FT OBSCURED, VISIBILITY 1/2 MI WITH FOG, TEMP AND DEW POINT 61 DEG. THE PILOT HAD NO CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE, BUT NO PRE-ACCIDENT, MEDICAL PROBLEMS WERE FOUND DURING AN AUTOPSY. THERE WAS NO RECORD THAT THE PILOT HAD OBTAINED A WEATHER BRIEFING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.