- Date
- June 16, 1990, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Newland, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9244XCessna 182E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900616065839A
- Case key
- 8136
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Probable cause
Attempted VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions.
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 instrument rated commercial pilot departed asheville, north carolina for a VFR flight to rogersville, Tennessee. Witnesses in the area reported that the weather in the area of the accident was less than that required for flight under visual flight rules. The witnesses also stated that the tops of the mountains were obscured in haze and clouds. The aircraft crashed into trees near the top of a mountain. The breaks in the top of the trees show that the aircraft impacted in a level attitude. The wreckage was scattered over approximately 90 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9244X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18253644
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Elam, Donald O.
- Registered owner
- Elam, Donald O.
- Departed
- AVL · Asheville, NC
- Destination
- RVN · Rogersville, 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,299 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AVL, 38 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.
Other investigations on N9244X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.