- Date
- February 22, 1983, 18:51 local (23:51 UTC)
- Place
- Hendersonville, NC
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6313PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 5891
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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
After reporting level at 7,000 ft in rain, the plt reported that altitude could not be maintained due to a power loss. He stated that '...we're down to about fourteen inches and we just broke out and I got the lights.' At 1849, after a discussion with ATC concerning airports available, the plt reported a complete power loss at 4,000 ft. he stated he would '...go for henderson' and indicated that he was in the clouds. The acft impacted a heavely wooded hillside about 4.5 mi se and on the extended centerline of rwy 16 of asheville regional arpt. The temp/dew point at asheville was 49/49. The forecasted temp at 6,000 ft & 9,000 ft was +39 deg & +32 deg respectively. Two other plt's flying in the areareported icing at 8,000 ft & 9,000 ft. the carburetor heat door was found jammed in the cold (off) position. The carb heat knob was in the cold (off) position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6313P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1423
- Airframe hours
- 3,852
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ogburn, John R.& Thomas Wood
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1983 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- AVL · Asheville, NC
- Destination
- W77 · Sanford, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AVL · Asheville Regional, runway 34, 8,000 × 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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,444 total · 50 in this make and model · 1,390 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AVL, 5 nm away