# Accident 19971201036929A: Cessna 182E, Cades Cove, TN, December 1, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1997, 16:34 local time
- Place: Cades Cove, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6700° N, 83.7499° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6700&lon=-83.7499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9033Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9033Y-1999-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971201036929A

## Narrative

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

PILOT NOT IFR RATED. AREA OF ACIDENT SITE WAS IFR.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (.4) ACCORDING TO FLIGHT PLANNING DATA FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE, THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY FOR GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN AT THE 4,300-FOOT LEVEL OF A 4,400-FOOT RIDGELINE ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, ABOUT 1:45 HOURS LATER. CLOUD CONDITION FOR KNOXVILLE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS, CEILING 3,200 AGL, OR 4,200 MSL.  THE PILOT WAS NOT IFR QUALIFIED, AND WHEN QUERIED BY THE GREEN BAY AFSS BRIEFER ABOUT HIS INTENTIONS IN AREAS OF CLOUDINESS, HE STATED, 'PROBABLY STAY BELOW' THE CLOUDS. THERE WAS NO RADIO OR TRANSPONDER CONTACT WITH ANY ATC FACILITY AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY PRECRASH MALFUNCTION FOUND WITH THE AIRFRAME, ENGINE, OR ITS COMPONENTS, EITHER AT THE SITE OR IN SUBSEQUENT TEARDOWN INSPECTION.

## 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 MIA98FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98FA038), Dec 1, 1997: Cessna C-182E (N9033Y), Townsend, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain VFR flight conditions in a mountainous area resulting in inflight collision with rising terrain.

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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