Cessna C-172R accident near Angola, IN
On December 25, 1998, a Cessna C-172R (airplane) was involved in an accident near Angola, IN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 25, 1998
- Place
- Angola, IN
- Aircraft
- Cessna C-172R · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.641°N, 85.000°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X11521
Official records · CHI99FA053
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 25, 1998, at 1350 eastern standard time (EST), a Cessna 172R, N989CP, owned and operated by the Civil Air Patrol, Incorporated (CAP), was destroyed on impact with an agricultural field near Angola, Indiana. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 proficiency and training flight was not operating on a flight plan. The private pilot was fatally injured. The local flight originated at Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA), near Fort Wayne, Indiana, at 1325 EST. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot, age 62, was a member of the CAP Indiana Wing. He held a private pilot certificate with a single-engine rating and instrument airplane rating. He received a third class medical certificate on December 8, 1997, with a limitation "must wear corrective lenses". The pilot had reported a total flight time of 2,320 hours in a Civil Air Patrol's Pilot Data Summary on May 23, 1998. AIRCRAFT INFORMATION The aircraft was used by the CAP for search and rescue and training. The aircraft had a 100-hour inspection performed on November 11,1998. The airframe time at the inspection was 407.5 hours. The aircraft's tachometer, at the time of the accident, showed 458.0 hours. METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION The FWA automated surface observing system recorded, at 1354, winds from 200 degrees at 14 knots. WRECKAGE AND IMPACT INFORMATION The aircraft was lying on a magnetic heading of 299 degrees in an agricultural field with north-south rows. The aircraft was located at latitude 041 degrees 37' 28.7"N longitude 085 degrees 09'13.2" W
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control for undetermined reasons.
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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.
