- Date
- February 18, 1982, 17:15 local (Feb 19, 1982, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- St. George, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4295SBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820218004689A
- Case key
- 72696
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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 aircraft was on a flight from las vegas, Nevada to St. George, Utah when it flew past the destination and struck the side of a mountain. The crash site was located about 15 miles beyond the destination at an elevation of about 7600 ft MSL. The site was almost directly in line with the departure point and the mormon mesa VORTAC. The mormon mesa VORTAC was located about half way between las vegas an St. George. The aircraft was equipped with an autopilot. Members of the pilot's family believed that he went to sleep while flying with the autopilot on. A toxicological check showed traces of cocaine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4295S
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-953
- Airframe hours
- 1,600
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Terra Dev. Corp. & Sundance Av
- Registered owner
- Terra Dev. Corp. & Sundance Av
- Departed
- Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- Kinston, 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,107 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 111 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CCF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.