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FAA accident report · Amtr LANCAIR 235 · Newport, TN · April 18, 1998

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Date
April 18, 1998 · 16:00 local
Place
Newport, TN
Phase of flight
Scud Running
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N813Y
Reported as
Amtr LANCAIR235
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
1,060 total390 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days
N813YRegistration cancelled Sep 26, 2013 · Sargent William LANCAIR 235S/N 85 · Built 1990Airframe modelSargent William LANCAIR 235Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into a cloud obscured mountainside. Low clouds bad weather in area. (.4)the circumstances of the flight and of the accident are not known. On the afternoon of April 18, 1998, the rescue coordination center received an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signal from the vicinity of the accident site. A search conducted by the civil air patrol (cap) and local authorities located the aircraft wreckage on the morning of April 19, 1998. According to local authorities, at the approximate time of the ELT signal, low clouds obscured the tops of the mountains in the immediate vicinity of the accident site. A search of FAA records failed to show that the pilot had received a preflight weather briefing. An examination of the accident site disclosed that the airplane was broken into three pieces and the wreckage path was orientated on a 170-degree magnetic heading. Aircraft wreckage debris was scattered over an area about 150 feet long and 50 feet wide. The airplane wreckage rested on a steep mountain ridge with near vertical drop-offs on both sides of the ridge. The wreckage was never removed from the accident s ite.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO A CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAINSIDE. LOW CLOUDS BAD WEATHER IN AREA. (.4)THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE FLIGHT AND OF THE ACCIDENT ARE NOT KNOWN. ON THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 18, 1998, THE RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER RECEIVED AN EMERGENCY LOCATOR TRANSMITTER (ELT) SIGNAL FROM THE VICINITY OF THE ACCIDENT SITE. A SEARCH CONDUCTED BY THE CIVIL AIR PATROL (CAP) AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCATED THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 19, 1998. ACCORDING TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES, AT THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF THE ELT SIGNAL, LOW CLOUDS OBSCURED THE TOPS OF THE MOUNTAINS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE ACCIDENT SITE. A SEARCH OF FAA RECORDS FAILED TO SHOW THAT THE PILOT HAD RECEIVED A PREFLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING. AN EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE DISCLOSED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS BROKEN INTO THREE PIECES AND THE WRECKAGE PATH WAS ORIENTATED ON A 170-DEGREE MAGNETIC HEADING. AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE DEBRIS WAS SCATTERED OVER AN AREA ABOUT 150 FEET LONG AND 50 FEET WIDE. THE AIRPLANE WRECKAGE RESTED ON A STEEP MOUNTAIN RIDGE WITH NEAR VERTICAL DROP-OFFS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIDGE. THE WRECKAGE WAS NEVER REMOVED FROM THE ACCIDENT S ITE.