Cessna 411 N544JW

Summary

On 20 November 1982 at about 23:17 local time, a Cessna 411 registered N544JW was involved in an accident near Aiken, South Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 November 1982 at 23:17

Classification

Accident

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Aikens Municipal Airport

Coordinates

33.5403, -81.7198

Aircraft

Cessna 411

Registration

N544JW

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oxford → Aiken

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83FA040

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT REQUESTED AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO THE ARPT & ADVISED APPROACH CONTROL (A/C) THAT HE DID NOT HAVE AN APPROACH PLATE FOR THE ARPT. A/C CLEARED THE ACFT FOR A NDB APPROACH TO RWY 24 & READ THE APPROACH INFORMATION TO THE PLT. WHEN THE PLT REPORTED PROCEDURE TURN INBOUND A/C ADVISED THE PLT HE WAS APPROX 4 MI SOUTH OF THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE & GAVE HIM A NEW HEADING TO CORRECT BACK TO THE ARPT. RADAR CONTACT WAS THEN LOST OVER THE ARPT BUT REAPPEARED APPROX 1/2 MI WEST OF THE ARPT & APPEARED TO BE MAKING A TURN BACK TO THE ARPT. THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND ABOUT 4 MI WEST OF THE ARPT. \

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.