- Date
- February 20, 1987, 18:30 local (Feb 21, 1987, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Crossville, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5824JCessna 182P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870220002969A
- Case key
- 7280
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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.
Analysis
The rental acft collided with the top of a mountain at substantial airspeed in level flt. VFR flt was not recommended by fss due to low ceilings, rain and fog. No flt plan was filed. The plt had not logged a flt for a five month period prior to the accident. The CFI stated that the plt did not excel in any area of his flying skills during a bfr flt the day before the accident. There was no indication of mechanical or structural failure or malfunction prior to the impact. The acft has been overdue and missing for three days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5824J
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263558
- Airframe hours
- 1,342
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Central Aviation,Inc.
- Registered owner
- William E. Cathey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 29, 1987 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- BRY · Bardstown, KY
- Destination
- 3M3 · Collegedale, 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 361 total · 92 in this make and model · 295 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CSV, 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.