- Date
- December 23, 1983, 22:35 local (Dec 24, 1983, 03:35 UTC)
- Place
- Pennington Gap, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N736NJCessna R182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831223064829A
- Case key
- 6403
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Enroute at 7,000 ft MSL the acft started picking up heavy ice. The plt make a 180 deg turn & descended to 6,000 ft. he was able to see the ground through breaks in the clouds. Upon sighting lee county arpt the plt elected to make a precautionary landing. According to the plt the acft was very difficult to keep flying by this time & he had no forward visibility due to ice on the windshield. The acft landed hard, bounced & went off the rwy coming to rest inverted. Therewas about 1 inch of ice on the windshield, wings, fin & dorsal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736NJ
- Reported as
- Cessna R182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200746
- Airframe hours
- 830
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3CSD, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Arrowhead Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner
- 3428 Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 12, 1983 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- SDF · Louisville, KY
- Destination
- HKY · Hickory, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PTG · Lee County, runway 25, 2,250 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,758 total · 19 in this make and model · 1,738 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 20 knots, gusting 35
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 12 °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.