Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Coulterville, Illinois 62237
Friday, April 8, 1983 19:40 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

DURING A WX BRIEFING BEFORE TAKEOFF, THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT WAS ADVISED THAT VFR FLT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. HOWEVER, HE DEPARTED SHEBOYGAN, WI AT APRX 1500 CST WITH NO FLT PLAN. AT DUSK, WITNESSES (NEAR THE CRASH SITE) HEARD THE ACFT MANEUVERING. ONE WITNESS HEARD THE ACFT FLY OVER HIS HOUSE, THEN CIRCLE BACK BEFORE CRASHING. ANOTHER WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE PLT SEEMED TO BE VARYING HIS ALTITUDE. HE STATED THAT THE ACFT LEFT THE AREA, THEN CAME BACK AND SUBSEQUENTLY, IT SOUNDED LIKE THE PILOT WAS TRYING TO PULL UP WHEN THE PLANE CRASHED. A THIRD WITNESS STATED THAT THE PLANE SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS IN A DIVE BEFORE IT CRASHED. THE ACFT IMPACTED IN A LEVEL FIELD AND WAS DEMOLISHED. THE MAIN WRECKAGE WAS FOUND ABOUT 7 FT FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT. THE COUNTY CORONER ESTIMATED THAT THE WX WAS 200 FT OBSCURED, 1/8 MI VISIBILITY WITH RAIN AND FOG.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 4/8/1983
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1940
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City COULTERVILLE
Event State ILLINOIS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 62237
Event Date Year 1983
Event Date Month 4
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 Unknown
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
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 Dusk
Lowest Ceiling Height 200
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 200
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) 9
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 9
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Variable
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Calm
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
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 2
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 2
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 209
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 20369
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N92734
NTSB Number CHI83FA161
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 None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 182
Aircraft Series Identifier 182
Aircraft Serial Number 18260332
Certified Max Gross Weight 2550
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 1982 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 40
Airframe Hours 1945
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name GARY E. ALLMON
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 66
Aircraft Owner City GLENALLEN
Aircraft Owner State MO
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 63751
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 SBM
Departure City SHEBOYGAN
Departure State WI
Departure Country
Departure Time 1500
Departure Time Zone CST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code M013
Destination City LUTESVILLE
Destination State MO
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 --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --