Cessna 182N accident near Ludington, MI
On March 26, 1993, a Cessna 182N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Ludington, MI. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 26, 1993
- Place
- Ludington, MI
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 43.951°N, 86.440°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X11936
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 26, 1993, at 0130 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182N airplane, N8945G, was destroyed when it collided with trees and terrain during the second of two NDB approaches to the Ludington Airport (LDM), Ludington, Michigan. The private pilot/airplane co-owner received serious injuries, and the sole passenger, his wife, was fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed for the 14 CFR Part 91 flight, which operated on an IFR flight plan and originated from Flint, Michigan (FNT) at 0003. The pilot contacted the Lansing Automated Flight Service Station (LAN AFSS) at 1842 to obtain a weather briefing and file flight plans for IFR flights from LDM to FNT and return. LAN AFSS personnel issued a weather briefing and advised the pilot of an AIRMET in effect for "...widespread IFR conditions...across the state...through your entire route of flight right on through tomorrow morning." The pilot, his wife, and two passengers departed LDM about 1950 on March 25, 1993. The purpose of the flight was to drop off the two passengers in FNT, and return to LDM. The pilot stated the flight to FNT was a routine IFR flight. The pilot contacted LAN AFSS from Flint for weather updates at 2300, 2314, and 2343. The weather briefer issued several amended forecasts, and advised the pilot that weather conditions in a widespread area that night were even lower than forecast. The pilot requested the forecast for the following morning. The briefer responded "...five am through nine am, seven hundred scattered, two miles visibility with fog...occasional seven hundred
Probable cause
the pilot's improper instrument procedures. Related factors are the below approach minima weather conditions, fog and dark night.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
