# NTSB ATL83AA059: Cessna 421B, N8001Q, Savannah, GA, December 11, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: December 11, 1982, 00:25 local (05:25 UTC)
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Coordinates: 31.980472, -81.079177 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9805&lon=-81.0792&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 11, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72563
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83AA059
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72563/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83AA059

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, missed approach (ifr)
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, missed approach (ifr)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - below approach/landing minimums (contributing factor)
  - missed approach - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aircraft handling - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, missed approach (ifr)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8001Q-1984-10-03), registration cancelled 1984-10-03, S/N 421B0001 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Registry model: [Cessna 421B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (registry code 2076014) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 421B-0001
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821211069429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821211069429A), Dec 11, 1982: Cessna 421B, Savannah, GA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Struck trees during a missed approach climbout. Weather below VOR minima. Pilot descended aircraft below mda.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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