# NTSB ATL83FKM01: Cessna 172P, N53460, Near Maider, NC, November 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: November 27, 1982, 00:24 local (05:24 UTC)
- Place: Near Maider, NC
- Coordinates: 35.569702, -81.200393 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5697&lon=-81.2004&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 27, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71893
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83FKM01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71893/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FKM01

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT CRASHED INTO TREES 6 MILES EAST OF MAIDEN, NC IN DETERIORATING WEATHER. WITNESSES DESCRIBED THE WEATHER AS RAINY AND FOGGY IN THE AREA OF CRASH. SOME HEARD THE AIRCRAFT FLYING LOW BEFORE COLLIDING WITH TREES. THE PILOT WAS OFF COURSE FOR STATESVILLE EVEN AFTER BEING GIVEN A HEADING STEER BY HICKORY, NC. WHEN HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE COURSE TO STATESVILLE, THE HICKORY RADIO OPERATORS TRIED TO STEER HIM TO HICKORY ON A HEADING OF 305 DEGREES. HE SAID HE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THIS HEADING. THIS WAS AT 2003. NO FURTHER TRANSMISSIONS FROM N53460 WERE RECEIVED. ABOUT 22 MI NORTHWEST AT HICKORY, NC, THE WEATHER WAS REPORTED AS 2000 FT OVC, 7 MI VIS WITH FOG. A LOCAL RESIDENT STATED THAT IT WAS RAINING, FOGGY AND DARK AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N53460](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53460-1984-12-21), registration cancelled 1984-12-21, S/N 17274755 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274755
- Airframe hours: 553
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-D2J 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Harry Vester Boone, Jr.
- Registered owner: Harry Vester Boone, Jr.
- Departed: VDI, VIDALIA, GA
- Destination: SVH, STATESVILLE, NC

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 156 total, 32 in this make and model, 122 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 60° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 124 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19821127062519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821127062519A), Nov 27, 1982: Cessna 172P, Maiden, NC, Destroyed. Pilot was scud running underneath ceiling, weather deteriorated and aircraft crashed in wooded terrain.

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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