- Date
- February 19, 1985, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Burkes Garden, VA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2370ECessna 182R
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850219006359A
- Case key
- 6598
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt departed manassas without a current wx briefing or filing a flt plan. Plt had also left maps and a list of checkpoints at home. His route of flt was into an area of low ceilings and visibility. The acft crashed into a mountain at the 3850 ft level. Witnesses in the area stated that mountain tops were obscured and visibility was poor due to fog and drizzle. Plt was reportedly under mental stress due to recent personal events.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2370E
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18268198
- Airframe hours
- 881
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dulles Aviation,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Belton Gardner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 7, 1985 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- W10 · Manassas, VA
- Destination
- SYI · Shelbyville, 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 205 total · 5 in this make and model · 174 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLF, 15 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.