Cessna 182 N92734

Summary

On 9 April 1983 at about 01:40 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N92734 was involved in an accident near Coulterville, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 April 1983 at 01:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Coulterville, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

38.1801, -89.5993

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N92734

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sheboygan → Lutesville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CHI83FA161

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

DURING A WX BRIEFING BEFORE TAKEOFF, THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT WAS ADVISED THAT VFR FLT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. HOWEVER, HE DEPARTED SHEBOYGAN, WI AT APRX 1500 CST WITH NO FLT PLAN. AT DUSK, WITNESSES (NEAR THE CRASH SITE) HEARD THE ACFT MANEUVERING. ONE WITNESS HEARD THE ACFT FLY OVER HIS HOUSE, THEN CIRCLE BACK BEFORE CRASHING. ANOTHER WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE PLT SEEMED TO BE VARYING HIS ALTITUDE. HE STATED THAT THE ACFT LEFT THE AREA, THEN CAME BACK AND SUBSEQUENTLY, IT SOUNDED LIKE THE PILOT WAS TRYING TO PULL UP WHEN THE PLANE CRASHED. A THIRD WITNESS STATED THAT THE PLANE SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS IN A DIVE BEFORE IT CRASHED. THE ACFT IMPACTED IN A LEVEL FIELD AND WAS DEMOLISHED. THE MAIN WRECKAGE WAS FOUND ABOUT 7 FT FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT. THE COUNTY CORONER ESTIMATED THAT THE WX WAS 200 FT OBSCURED, 1/8 MI VISIBILITY WITH RAIN AND FOG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.