GOREVILLE, IL, USA
N9124M
CESSNA 182P
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.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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