# NTSB ATL84LA074: Cessna R182, N736NJ, Pennington Gap, VA, December 24, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 23, 1983, 22:35 local (Dec 24, 1983, 03:35 UTC)
- Place: Pennington Gap, VA
- Coordinates: 36.750221, -83.019554 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7502&lon=-83.0196&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6403
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6403/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA074

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - continued, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - wing - ice (contributing factor)
  - vertical stabilizer surface - ice (contributing factor)
  - window,flight compartment window/windshield - ice (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N736NJ), registered now, S/N R18200746, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18200746
- Airframe hours: 830
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831223064829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831223064829A), Dec 23, 1983: Cessna R182, Pennington Gap, VA, Substantial damage. Flew into known icing conditions. Elected to land. Lost control on landing due to iced windshield. Nosed over.

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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