# NTSB ATL83FA194: Beech A23, N1467L, Dublin, VA, May 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 21, 1983, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Dublin, VA
- Coordinates: 37.10083, -80.680038 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1008&lon=-80.6800&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5916
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83FA194
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5916/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FA194

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH WIRES AND CRASHED DURING A TRAINING MISSION. ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE CFI'S OTHER STUDENTS THE AREA IN WHICH THE CRASH OCCURRED WAS REGULARLY USED BY THE CFI FOR AIRWORK. THIS AIRWORK WAS NORMALLY PERFORMED AT ABOUT800 FT AGL. ON THIS DAY THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED AT AN ALT ESTIMATED AS 50 TO 200 FT AGL. SOME WITNESSES REPORT THE ENGINE RUNNING SMOOTHLY OTHERS SAY IT WAS SPITTING AND SPUTTERING.  THREE WITNESSES OBSERVED THE WINGS 'ROCKING' FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE ACFT STRUCK A POWERLINE AT 69 FT AGL. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE ACFT NOSED UP AND THEN FELL IN A NEAR VERTICAL NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT 30 TO 45 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF FOR THIS DUAL TRAINING FLT. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT SHOWED THE LEFT FUEL TANK CONTAINED ABOUT 11 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE RIGHT TANK WAS EMPTY. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS ON THE LEFT TANK. CONTROL CABLE CONTINUITY WAS VERIFIED FROM THE CONTROL SURFACES TO THE IMPACT DAMAGED AREA OF THE CABIN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1467L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1467L-1988-06-03), registration cancelled 1988-06-03, S/N M863 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23
- Registry model: [Beech A23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23) (registry code 1151204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M-863
- Airframe hours: 2583
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-346A 165 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Dublin Aviation
- Registered owner: Marion R. Cox, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 8, 1983, 81 hours before
- Departed: PSK, DUBLIN, VA
- Airport: PSK, New River Valley

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; toxicology performed; flight hours: 13,404 total, 108 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BLF, 29 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 19830521020299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830521020299A), May 21, 1983: Beech A23, Dublin, VA, Destroyed. Struck a powerline, stalled and dived vertical to the ground. Reason for the unsafe altitude of 70 feet unknown.

## Other investigations on N1467L (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA66D0589](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66D0589), May 5, 1966: Beech A23 (N1467L), Greenville, SC, substantial damage

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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