Accident Cessna 182P Skylane N1523M,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 41720
 
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Date:Wednesday 19 February 1986
Time:21:12
Type:Silhouette image of generic C182 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 182P Skylane
Owner/operator:Dwayne Marx & Charles R Zeller
Registration: N1523M
MSN: 18264363
Year of manufacture:1975
Total airframe hrs:1427 hours
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Elyria, OH -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Greenville, SC (GMU)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
THE PLT WAS CLEARED FOR AND EXECUTED A RWY 17 ILS APCH AT NIGHT. PRIOR TO BEGINNING THE APCH HE WAS INFORMED THAT VIS WAS 1/8 MILE. MINIMUM FOR THE APCH WAS 1/2 MILE. AT THE MIDDLE MARKER THE PLT RATED PAX IN THE RIGHT SEAT TOLD THE PIC THAT THE RWY WAS NOT IN SIGHT. THE PAX SAID HE HAD ACTIVATED THE RWY LIGHTS WHEN THE APCH WAS STARTED. TWO PAX, BOTH PLTS, REPORTED THAT THE MISSED APCH WAS INITIATED. ONE RECALLED NOTHING MORE. THE OTHER RECALLED A CRUNCH. TERRAIN AROUND THE airport WAS FLAT. THE ACFT STRUCK A TREE APRX 12 FT ABOVE THE GROUND AT A DISTANCE OF 2100 FT FROM THE RWY APCH END THRESHOLD ON A RELATIVE BEARING OF 230 DEGS. AT THE TIME OF IMPACT THE ACFT WAS IN A RIGHT TURN ON A HEADING OF 345 DEGS. THE MISSED APCH PROCEDURE CALLS FOR A CLIMB TO 1700 FT THEN A CLIMBING LEFT TURN TO 3000 FT. FLAPS WERE FOUND IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. CAUSE:

Sources:

NTSB: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X32800

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Oct-2008 10:30 ASN archive Added
21-Dec-2016 19:24 ASN Update Bot Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency]

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