- Date
- April 16, 1982, 01:40 local (06:40 UTC)
- Place
- Hendersonville, NC
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8113ZCessna 210-5
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820416009599A
- Case key
- 71014
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft crashed on tree covered/rising terrain after the pilot was cleared for a night ILS approach to runway 34 at the asheville regional airport. The crash occurred about 1 to 2 mi south of the final approach fix while the aircraft was on an outbound heading. The minimum approach altitude in this area was 5000 ft MSL. Elevation of the crash site was 2700 ft MSL. No preimpact malfunction of the equipment was found. The pilot had flown about 4 hrs and 50 min, and had worked (including flight time) about 13 hrs and 50 min in the previous 24 hr period.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8113Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 210-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 205-0113
- Airframe hours
- 2,191
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-S, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Maurice Paul Shook
- Registered owner
- Maurice Paul Shook
- Departed
- Richmond, VA
- Destination
- AVL · Asheville, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AVL · Asheville Regional, runway 34, 8,001 × 150 ft
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,123 total · 205 in this make and model · 1,038 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 160° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 135 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AVL, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.