N1832N

HISTORY OF FLIGHT

On October 26, 2006, about 2212 central daylight time, a Beech 95-B55, N1832N, piloted by a private pilot, impacted trees and terrain during a non-precision approach to runway 18 (5,199 feet by 150 feet, asphalt) at Lawrenceville-Vincennes International Airport (LWV), Lawrenceville, Illinois. Night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating on an instrument flight rules flight plan. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight departed from Indianapolis International Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana, about 2132 eastern standard time, en route to LWV.

The following is a partial transcript of communications between N1832N and Terra Haute FCF/AFSS Preflight-2 position (PF-2):

2044:25, PF-2, *(terre haute) flight service

2044:27, N1832N, good evening er not so good evening uh baron one eight three two november *(up) on the ground at i n d and wanna go instruments here in about thirty minutes to lawrenceville *(i'll) check the weather and file (unintelligible)

2044:43, PF-2, okay there's an airmet for occasional moderate rime or mixed icing in clouds and in precip from the freezing level to flight level two zero zero freezing level's kinda high tonight it looks like about uh ten to eleven thousand feet for that

2044:59, N1832N, wow

2045:00, PF-2, yeah ha ha *(that's) a big change

2045:02, N1832N, *(great)

2045:03, PF-2, um and then for your descent into lawrenceville there's occasional moderate turbulence below fifteen thousand uh and then uh i f r throughout the route there is low pressure dro dominating you've got uh ha ha you're sandwiched in between low two low pressure tof trofs uh one *(in the) northern part one in the southern part of the state uh and as far as uh you being in central indiana and then as you get to lawrenceville it looks like that one the lower that (unintelligible) the trof that's in the southern part of the state is laying right over lawrenceville *(area)

2045:36, N1832N, good

2045:37, PF-2, um uh on radar scattered moderate with some ve very widely scattered heavy cells moving eastward and currently for indianapolis wind one two zero at eight visibility four miles with light drizzle and mist three hundred overcast temperature eight dew point seven and altimeter two niner niner seven and um yeah that's pretty in indicative of what you'll see along your route three hundred to six hundred overcast for the ceilings all the way across and for lawrenceville let's see their automated let's see their latest one was zero one forty one zulu five minutes ago with wind one six zero at eight two miles in mist four hundred overcast temperature eleven dew point niner and altimeter two niner niner three the uh i only have one pilot report um

2046:34, N1832N, (unintelligible)

2046:35, PF-2, over shelbyville an embraer one forty five got light rime icing from twelve thousand five hundred to fifteen thousand five hundred uh looking at the forecast let's see for lawrenceville terre haute's expecting uh seven knots out of the southeast visibilities uh variable from a mile and a half to four miles in mist and uh four hundred overcast and beginning at zero three hundred zulu in a little more than an hour they're expecting some occasional thunderstorms to start moving through that area

2047:10, N1832N, are you showing any of that

2047:13, PF-2, well there's some uh about thirty miles to the west southwest of terre haute there are some uh heavy cells let me see what those tops are it looks like tops up to flight level three five zero and that that looks to be about twenty miles south of mattoon and they also *(there's a) report of some hail in that area

2047:35, N1832N, beautiful

2047:35, PF-2, uh yeah it it's um

2047:37, N1832N, so between here and lawrenceville you're looking pretty clean

2047:41, PF-2, there's uh mostly moderate with a few widely scattered heavy cells but nothing uh that look looks it looks like just showers yeah just showers between there and terre haute once you get into illinois is when you're gonna run into that well actually *(what what) you said you're leaving in half an hour that stuff may be around the terre haute area by then

2048:00, N1832N, yeah okay

2048:03, PF-2, and it looks like it's uh it's uh easy easy enough to go around it

2048:08, N1832N, okay (unintelligible)

2048:08, PF-2, (unintelligible) around to the south of it

2048:10, N1832N, okay *(i don't) have radar but i guess you guys could help me

2048:14, PF-2, yeah yeah

2048:15, N1832N, *(yeah)

2048:15, PF-2, flight watch or flight service

2048:17, N1832N, yeah

2048:19, PF-2, uh actually

2048:19, N1832N, (unintelligible) i'd like to file

2048:20, PF-2, okay go ahead

2048:22, N1832N, there's no notams at uh lawrenceville (unintelligible) is there

2048:24, PF-2, oh let me let me look at that

2048:26, N1832N, thanks

2048:33, PF-2, no lawrenceville has no notams and actually while i'm thinking of it uh flight watch is gonna close here at the top of the hour so uh just flight service will be uh available for you to

2048:45, N1832N, is that one twenty two zero

2048:47, PF-2, no that's uh flight watch they're gonna be closed uh calling us on radio it depends on where you're at but um indianapolis area's twenty two point fifty five terre haute area's twenty two point sixty five

2049:01, N1832N, okay

2049:02, PF-2, and if all else fails one twenty two point two

2049:05, N1832N, okay let's file

2049:08, PF-2, okay

2049:09, N1832N, i f r november one eight three two november it's a b e fifty five slash i *(one) eighty knots i n d say in *(about) half an hour four thousand direct lawrenceville l w v take us about thirty five minutes four hours fuel uh [pilot's name] based at lawrenceville eight one two uh eight eight two six four four eight one aboard white red trim

2049:58, PF-2, okay your flight plan's on file uh pilot reports requested flight watch or flight service

2050:04, N1832N, okay thank you

2050:05, PF-2, sure you're welcome

2050:06, N1832N, *(all right) bye bye

2050:07, PF-2, bye bye

The following is a partial transcript of communications between N1832N, Evansville Local Control (EVV LC), Eagle Flight 295 (EGF295), and an unknown agency (UNK):

2159:57, EVV LC, november one eight three to november did you check on

2200:34, N1832N, (unintelligible) one eight three two november twenty six hundred

2200:47, N1832N, evansville approach baron one eight three two november

2201:02, EVV LC, i was off line november one eight three two november did you check on

2201:07, EVV LC, eagle flight two ninety five did you hear another aircraft calling me

2201:09, EGF295, yes sir some kind of baron

2201:11 EVV LC, okay could you tell him to contact me on one two five point six it's ah three two november

2201:16, EGF295, three two november ah contact evansville on twenty five decimal six

2201:24, N1832N, evansville approach baron one eight three two november twenty six hundred

2201:28, EVV LC, baron one eight three two november evansville approach maintain two thousand six hundred till lawrenceville v o r cleared v o r runway one eight approach at lawrenceville report ah v o r outbound

2201:40, N1832N, okay can i get vectors

2201:43, EVV, i can't see you up there at twenty six hundred to give you vectors

2201:45, N1832N, okay

2202:26, EVV LC, current evansville altimeter two niner niner five

2202:31, EVV LC, three two november if you didn't get that evansville altimeter two niner niner five

2202:35, N1832N, affirmative

2203:21, EVV LC, evansville atis information foxtrot is current the wind one five zero at five visibility three and mist sky condition ceiling three hundred overcast and ah temperature one zero dew point one zero altimeter two niner niner five

2206:26, N1832N, and evansville three two november turning outbound ah on one eight

2206:31, EVV LC, baron three two november roger report procedure turn inbound

2206:35, N1832N, three two november

2213:22, N1832N, and evansville two two november established inbound to one eight

2212:25, EVV LC, november three two november roger change over to lawrenceville advisory frequency is approved report cancellation this frequency on the ground or missed approach on this frequency

2212:36, UNK, (unintelligible)

There were no further transmissions from N1832N.

METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION

The LWV Automated Surface Observing System, recorded the following observations:

Each 5-minute observation from 1825 to 2225 recorded sky conditions as overcast 400 feet above ground level (AGL).

At 1953, wind 150 degrees at 8 knots; visibility 1 1/4 statute miles (SM); mist; sky condition overcast 600 feet AGL; temperature 11 degrees Celsius (C); dew point 9 degrees C; altimeter setting 29.93 inches of mercury (Hg).

At 2053, wind 170 degrees at 8 knots; visibility 2 SM; mist; sky condition overcast 400 feet AGL; temperature 11 degrees C; dew point 9 degrees C; altimeter setting 29.94 inches of Hg.

At 2153, wind 170 at 8 knots, visibility 1 1/4 SM; mist; sky condition overcast 400 feet AGL; temperature 11 degrees C; dew point 9 degrees C; altimeter setting 29.93 inches of Hg.

PERSONNEL INFORMATION

The pilot held a private pilot certificate with airplane single-engine land, multiengine land, and instrument airplane ratings. On May 12, 2006, the pilot was issued a third class airman medical certificate with an exemption and restriction: "must have available glasses for near vision" and "not valid for any class after." The pilot indicated on his airman medical certificate application dated May 12, 2006, a total pilot flight of 2,710 hours and 0 hours in the past 6 months.

According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records, the pilot had no reported history of accidents, incidents, or enforcement actions.

The pilot logbook(s) were not located at the accident site and no logbook(s) were received by the National Transportation Safety B...