# Accident 19980418007139A: Amtr LANCAIR235, Newport, TN, April 18, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1998, 16:00 local time
- Place: Newport, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9616° N, 83.1977° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newport, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9616&lon=-83.1977&mi=10
- Aircraft: N813Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N813Y-2013-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sargent William LANCAIR 235 (registry code 05616N4, https://openairdocs.org/model/sargent-william-lancair-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIR235
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,060 total, 390 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980418007139A

## Narrative

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

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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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