- Date
- April 6, 1984, 08:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Nw.Of Abingdon, VA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N96578Cessna 182Q
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840406008779A
- Case key
- 6270
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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
The acft crashed into a mountain at the 4000 ft level about 100 ft below the crest en route to chattanooga, TN. The plt had received a pre-flt telephonic briefing that was considered current and appropriate for the flt without any special remarks. At departure the richlands arpt manager said the weather was overcast with strong winds and light rain. The visibility was about 2 miles. There were no known radio communications with the acft after departure. There were no known witnesses to the crash and radar was unable to recreate a radar track from stored info for the mountainous terraininterfered. The acft crashed in level powered flt. The plt had limited total time and was not instrument rated.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96578
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266766
- Airframe hours
- 1,292
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert M. Elswick III, doing business as Paramount Christian Cathedral
- Registered owner
- Paramount Christian Cathedral
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1984 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 7A4 · Richlands, VA
- Destination
- CHA · Chattanooga, TN
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 65 total · 35 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TRI, 27 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.