Cessna 182P accident near Index, WA
On April 14, 1995, a Cessna 182P (airplane) was involved in an accident near Index, WA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 14, 1995
- Place
- Index, WA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182P · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 47.841°N, 121.429°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X03376
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 13, 1995, approximately 1700 Pacific daylight time (PDT), a Cessna 182, N182AL, impacted the terrain about five miles northwest of Index, Washington. The commercial pilot, who was the sole occupant of the aircraft, received fatal injuries, and the aircraft was destroyed. The personal pleasure flight, which departed Lake Chelan Municipal Airport, Chelan, Washington, about 40 minutes earlier, was in instrument meteorological conditions at the time of the accident. The pilot was on an IFR flight plan, and the ELT, which was activated by the impact, was later turned off at the scene. On the day of the accident, approximately 1110 PDT, the pilot of N182AL called the Seattle FAA Flight Service Station and received a standard briefing for an IFR flight from Paine Field to Wenatchee, and return. He said that his intent was to depart Paine Field about 1215, fly IFR to Wenatchee, and then continue on VFR to Lake Chalen Municipal Airport. For the return portion of the flight, he filed IFR out of Wenatchee, with a departure time of 1600. His filed altitude to Wenatchee was 13,000 feet, and for the return he filed for 12,000 feet. Estimate time en route (ETE) to Wenatchee was 45 minutes, with a 55 minute ETE filed for the return. As part of the weather briefing, the pilot was advised that the forecast for his route included occasional moderate rime or mixed ice in clouds and precipitation between 4,000 and 12,000 feet. He was told that the freezing level on the west side of the Cascade Mountains was forecast for 3,000 feet, and would vary between 6,000 and 8,0
Probable cause
the pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather, and his improper use of carburetor heat. Factors include: weather conditions conducive to carburetor icing and airframe icing, airframe ice, and mountainous/hilly terrain in the area of the forced descent.
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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.
