- Date
- January 18, 1982, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Blairsville, GA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4583JPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820118001469A
- Case key
- 69976
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft departed atlanta, GA on a flight with no flight plan to an intended final destination of morristown, TN. However, during a weather briefing, the pilot had inquired about the tri-cities airport at bristol, TN. While en route, the aircraft crashed on upward sloping terrain on the east side of blood mountain. Near the impact point with the ground, the tree tops were severed along a line with a zero angle of declination. The elevation of the crash site was about 3680 ft MSL. At the nearby mcgee-tyson and tri-cities airports, there were overcast sky conditions with ceilings of 1900 and 1800 ft respectively; the respective airport elevations were 832 and 1519 ft. the non-instrument rated pilot had received about five hours of instrument flight training.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4583J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-30453
- Airframe hours
- 1,847
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B-1E, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Worley M. Glover
- Registered owner
- Worley M. Glover
- Departed
- FTY · Atlanta, GA
- Destination
- Morristown, TN
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 162 total · 83 in this make and model · 96 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.