Cessna 172P N6545K

Summary

On 15 June 1982 at about 17:35 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N6545K, operated by Kilpatrick Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident near Asheville, North Carolina, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 June 1982 at 17:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N6545K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Kilpatrick Aviation, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hendersonville → Hendersonville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82FA164

3 people were seriously injured.

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 FLT REPORTEDLY INVOLVED MOUNTAIN FLYING TECHNIQUES. THE STUDENT OBSERVED THAT THE ACFT WAS NOT CLIMBING NORMALLY & THE CFI SUGGESTED THEY SLOW TO 70K. THE STUDENT STARTED A TURN TOWARD A WIDE VALLEY BUT THE CFI URGED HIM TO CONTINUE TOWARD THE MTNS WHICH TOOK THE ACFT INTO A NARROWER VALLEY & RISING TERRAIN. AFTER THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT WAS NOT CLIMBING AT ALL THE CFI TOOK CONTROL. HE WAS UNABLE TO RE-ESTABLISH A CLIMB & REPORTED THAT A TURN-AROUND WAS NOLONGER A SAFE MANEUVER. HE SLOWED THE ACFT & MUSHED INTO THE TREES. THE CFI REPORTED HE ADDED CARB HEAT WHEN THEY WERE NO LONGER ABLE TO CLIMB, BUT AFTER NOTICING AN RPM DROP IN 15 SECS HE SWITCHED CARB HEAT TO COLD. HE SLOWED THE ACFT TO 57-58K & EXTENDED 10 DEG OF FLAPS. THE C-172P POH INDICATES THAT THE BEST ANGLE OF CLIMB SPEED(VX) VARIES FROM 60-65K FROM SL TO 10,000 FT. IT SUGGESTS FLAPS UP TO OBTAIN BEST ANGLE PERFORMANCE. THE ACFT CAME TO REST INVERTED WHICH LEFT THE OCCUPANTS INVERTED & THEY REPORTEDLY HAD DIFFICULTY IN RELEASING THEIR SEAT BELT BUCKLES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.