WEST POINT, IN, USA
N2382R
CESSNA 182G
DRG AN IFR ARRIVAL, THE PLT WAS CLRD FOR AN ILS RWY 10 APCH. NO RADAR FACILITIES WERE AVAILABLE, BUT AT 1026 EST, HE RPRTD HE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE LOCALIZER. APRX 4 MIN LATER, HE DECLARED A MISSED APCH & WAS CLEARED BACK TO THE OUTER MARKER (OM), THEN WAS CLRD FOR ANOTHER ILS APCH. HOWEVER, AT 1042 EST, THE CONTROLLER LOST RADIO CONTACT WITH THE ACFT BEFORE THE PLT REPORTED REACHING THE OM. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PLANE WAS FND WHERE IT CRASHED APRX 10 MI SW OF THE ARPT WHILE ON A SOUTHEASTERLY HEADING. THE DEGREE OF WRECKAGE DISINTEGRATION SHOWED THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED AT A HI RATE OF SPEED. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FND DRG AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE. THE 1053 EST WX AT THE ARPT WAS IN PART: 400' OVERCAST, VIS 1-1/4 MI WITH FOG, WIND FROM 300 DEG AT 9 KTS. A CHECK OF THE PLT'S LOGBOOK SHOWED HE HAD LOGGED ONLY 2 HRS OF INSTRUMENT TIME IN THE PREV 90 DAYS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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