Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Goreville, Illinois 62939
Friday, November 7, 1986 15:45 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE ACFT CRASHED AND BURNED FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH A GUY-WIRE SUPPORTING A MICRO-WAVE TOWER. THE PLT HAD INITIATED THE FLT IN MVFR WEATHER AND CONTINUED THE VFR FLT INTO IMC CONDITIONS. THE CRASH SITE WAS LOCATED ADJACENT TO INTERSTATE HWY 57 AND WITNESSES HAD OBSERVED THE ACFT FLYING IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION PARALLEL TO I-57 AT NEAR TREE-TOP LEVEL PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. A PLT FOR THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE REPORTED THAT THE CEILING AND VISIBILITY WERE NEAR ZERO WHEN HE PASSED THE VICINITY OF THE CRASH SITE IN A AUTOMOBILE APRX 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE CRASH. THE WEATHER AT THE NEAREST REPORTING STATION, LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF THE CRASH SITE, WAS 300 FT OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 2 MILES WITH A LIGHT DRIZZLE AND FOG.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 11/7/1986
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1545
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City GOREVILLE
Event State ILLINOIS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 62939
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 11
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 0
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
Investigator's weather source Witness
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Obscured
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 0
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) --
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -18
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Light
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 1
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 1
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2694
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Nov 7 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1715
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 34461
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 5:14PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N9124M
NTSB Number CHI87FA021
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 182P
Aircraft Series Identifier 182P
Aircraft Serial Number 18264687
Certified Max Gross Weight 2950
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jul 30 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 856
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name ALLEN L. LIVEK
Aircraft Owner Street Address 219 E. COLLEGE ST.
Aircraft Owner City KEWANEE
Aircraft Owner State IL
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 61443
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code C07
Departure City KEWANEE
Departure State IL
Departure Country
Departure Time 0
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code M34
Destination City GILBERTVILLE
Destination State KY
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length 0
Runway Width 0
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --