- Date
- December 29, 1990, 21:35 local (Dec 30, 1990, 02:35 UTC)
- Place
- Saluda, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9383XCessna 182E
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 8302
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Probable cause
The continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing factor were fog, rain, and low ceiling.
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 private pilot departed punta gorda, Florida enroute to ashville, north carolina. The pilot was not instrument rated, and had not filed a flight plan for the flight. Witnesses in the area of the accident site reported sighting the aircraft at about 2130. Witnesses stated that at the time of the sighting, the weather in the area was dark and raining, and the visibility was greatly reduced due to fog. The aircraft crashed into trees in the mountainous area. The wreckage was scattered over approximately 372 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9383X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182053783
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kaminsky, Russell
- Registered owner
- Kaminsky, Russell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Punta Gorda, FL
- Destination
- AVL · Ashville, NC
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 203 total · 157 in this make and model · 185 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- -0 °F
Other investigations on N9383X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.