- Date
- December 11, 1982, 00:25 local (05:25 UTC)
- Place
- Savannah, GA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8001QCessna 421B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821211069429A
- Case key
- 72563
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt reported he was on a missed approach & was returning to charleston "heading 360 degrees..." The acft crashed about 1/4 mi south & 100 ft short of the departure end of rwy 27. The wreckage scatter pattern was oriented on a heading of 155 deg. Missed approach procedures specify a climbing right turn via a 325 deg heading. The left eng prop drive gear shaft had evidence of both bending & torsional failure loads. There was no evidence of machining or rotational smearing.2 of the 3 prop blade tips were bent aft about the blade face. The left turbocharger had a tension failure of the turbine wheel shaft. No smear marks were noted on the fracture face. Single turbine blade impact marks were noted on thehousing. The #1 tach needle indicated 900 RPM & the #2 tach needle indicated 1900 RPM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8001Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B-0001
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-H1B, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Carey Hilliard'S Restaurants
- Registered owner
- Carey Hilliard'S Restaurants
- Departed
- Charleston, SC
- Destination
- Savannah, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SAV · Savannah Municipal, runway 27, 9,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 35
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,300 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 310° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 131 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAV, 1 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.