- Date
- April 15, 1983, 11:34 local (16:34 UTC)
- Place
- Bluefield, WV
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7353SCessna 182P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830415014449A
- Case key
- 5964
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that he began an ILS approach to the mercer county arpt. He stated that he planned to descend to 3200 ft MSL, then execute a missed approach & return to abington, VA. The arpt elevation was 2857 ft MSL. He stated that he remembered glancing at the altimeter at 3200 ft, that he looked for the rwy environment, and that he was preparing to execute the missed approach, when the acft suddenly hit trees & crashed. The impact occurred aprx 1/2 mi from the approach end of rwy 23. The weather was: 100 ft obscured, visibility 1/2 mi with fog, temp 42 deg, wind from 280 deg at 5 KTS. The ILS & VORTAC facilities were found to be operational. The acft navcomm unit, glide slope receiver & course indicator head were bench checked & found to be within tolerances. The altimeter was tested & showed a considerable error at each test point; but was not disassembled to determine if interim damage had occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7353S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18265144
- Airframe hours
- 1,270
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Industrial Gas And Supply Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1982 · 96 hours before
- Departed
- 6A8 · Abingdon, VA
- Destination
- BLF · Bluefield, WV
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BLF · Mercer County, runway 23, 4,742 × 100 ft
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
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,536 total · 71 in this make and model · 2,355 as pilot in command · 144 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLF, 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.