- Date
- August 14, 1984, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Banner Elk, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2864WBeech A36
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840814040389A
- Case key
- 6335
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Flight into known adverse weather - initiatedFactor
Terrain condition - high terrainFactor
Weather condition - cloudsFactor
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - fogFactor
Vfr flight into imc - continuedCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Analysis
According to the plt, he took off & climbed to about 4800 ft where 'a cloud bank rolled in on us without warning.' He attempted to climb & clear the mountains. However, the left wing tip 'clipped a tree' & subsequently, he crash landed. The elevation of the accident site was about 4000 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2864W
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E45Q
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-10A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Calvin Roger Shank
- Registered owner
- Ross Aircraft, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1983 · 113 hours before
- Departed
- 5A7 · Banker Elk, NC
- Destination
- JAX · Jacksonville, FL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,990 total · 1,990 in this make and model · 1,850 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HKY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.