- Date
- February 3, 1984, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jaffrey, NH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6814GCessna 402
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840203076279A
- Case key
- 35315
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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 plt had filed an IFR flt plan; however, he took off in VFR conditions & did not activate the flt plan. Radar data showed that the latter part of the flt was flown at 6300 ft, then at 1712:39 EST, a descent was begun. One minute later, the flt was last recorded at 3700 ft. subsequently, the acft crashed near the top of a 3165 ft mountain. The elevation of the crash site was about 3000 ft. the terrain was rocky & covered with ice & snow when the investigators arrived at the crash site. Aprx 8 mi west-northwest at keene, NH, the 1755 EST wx was, in part, 3200 ft broken, 5500 ft overcast, visibility 10 mi, wind from 130 deg at 10 KTS. The elevation of the dillant-hopkins arpt at keene was 487 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6814G
- Reported as
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402C0647
- Airframe hours
- 368
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-VB, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tartan Leasing Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 16, 1983 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- CON · Concord, NH
- Destination
- MMU · Morristown, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,300 total · 3,700 in this make and model · 4,300 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EEN, 8 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.