Accident Cessna R182 N756TN, Sunday 9 September 1984

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Date:	Sunday 9 September 1984
Time:	02:52 LT
Type:	Cessna R182
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N756TN
MSN:	R18201152
Year of manufacture:	1979
Total airframe hrs:	1266 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-540-J3C5D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Ottumwa, IA - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Chicago, IL (KDPA)
Destination airport:	Grain Valley, MO (3GV
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE ACFT ENTERED IMC WEATHER, THE PLT BECAME DISORIENTED & CRUISED WITHOUT ATC NAVIGATIONAL ASSISTANCE AFTER FAILING TO MAKE RADIO CONTACT OR FILE A FLT PLAN. THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PLT FLEW UNTIL ACFT POWER WAS LOST DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE RESULTANT FORCED LANDING ON ROUGH & UNEVEN TERRAIN ON A FOGGY DARK NIGHT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ACFT. THE VISIBILITY WAS ESTIMATED AS 1/4 OF A MILE.

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