# Accident 19820103082739A: Cessna 414A, Ashland, VA, January 3, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1982, 17:04 local time
- Place: Ashland, VA
- Airport: Hanover Co Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7089° N, 77.4366° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANOVER COUNTY MUNI (OFP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7089&lon=-77.4366&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2620L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2620L-1983-01-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520N
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 7
- Pilot flight hours: 1,809 total, 250 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA82AA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA82AA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820103082739A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT DESCENDED BELOW MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE AND CRASHED INTO TREES DURING VOR INSTRUMENT APPROACH.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA82AA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA82AA008), Jan 3, 1982: Cessna 414A (N2620L), Ashland, VA, destroyed, 8 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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