- Date
- November 12, 1982, 05:14 local (10:14 UTC)
- Place
- Brevard, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N59771Piper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821112058549A
- Case key
- 70025
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After a missed approach at asheville the flt was cleared to the greenville-spartanburg arpt at greer,SC. Enroute to greer radar contact was lost. In response to a query from atlanta ARTCC the plt verified his position as being on the 235 deg radial of spartanburg VOR & 11.9 mi sw. He was then cleared to descend to 2700 ft & execute an ILS apch. The acft impacted a mountain at the 3200 ft level. The wreckage was found on the 235 deg radial of the sugarloaf mountain VORTAC & at 24 mi. Review of the acft's logbook revealed that mechanical irregularities reported were not corrected for long periods of time. No corrective action was listed for an "outer marker inop aural & visual (needs to be fixed now, since adf is also inop)." & "light in #2 VOR head out.". The marker beacon was described as inoperative on 3 dates beginning 8/22/81, & the adf was described as inoperative on 7 dates beginning 5/8/81. No corrective action was listed for any entry about the marker beacon or adf.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59771
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-7652041
- Airframe hours
- 5,131
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Hill-Williford Aviation
- Registered owner
- Crabtree Aviation Company
- Departed
- CMH · Columbus, OH
- Destination
- AVL · Asheville, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,300 total · 900 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 136 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AVL, 19 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.