- Date
- January 17, 1986, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Blairsville, GA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N53615Cessna 337G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860117001479A
- Case key
- 6920
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Analysis
Acft was flown VFR from ravenna, Ohio en route to atlanta, GA. It departed ravenna about 0930 01/17 & failed to arrive at its destination. Family reported acft missing. Air force rescue center notified at 2020 01/19. Cap commenced air search 01/20, hampered by low clouds in mountains. Acft located by cap acft at 1007 01/21. At assumed time of mishap mountains were obscured by clouds. Pilot reported over solid clouds about 30 miles north of accident site. Acft struck 3200 foot level of 3600 foot mountain in level flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53615
- Reported as
- Cessna 337G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33701739
- Airframe hours
- 474
- Engine
- Continental IO-360G, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Capital Control, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 29G · Ravenna, OH
- Destination
- PDK · Chamblee, GA
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 471 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK, 60 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.