Cessna 182P N7353S

Summary

On 15 April 1983 at about 16:34 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N7353S was involved in an accident near Bluefield, West Virginia, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 April 1983 at 16:34

Classification

Accident

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Mercer County (BLF)

Coordinates

37.2604, -81.2104

Aircraft

Cessna 182P

Registration

N7353S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Abingdon → Bluefield

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83FIJ02

2 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 PLT REPORTED THAT HE BEGAN AN ILS APPROACH TO THE MERCER COUNTY ARPT. HE STATED THAT HE PLANNED TO DESCEND TO 3200 FT MSL, THEN EXECUTE A MISSED APPROACH & RETURN TO ABINGTON, VA. THE ARPT ELEVATION WAS 2857 FT MSL. HE STATED THAT HE REMEMBERED GLANCING AT THE ALTIMETER AT 3200 FT, THAT HE LOOKED FOR THE RWY ENVIRONMENT, AND THAT HE WAS PREPARING TO EXECUTE THE MISSED APPROACH, WHEN THE ACFT SUDDENLY HIT TREES & CRASHED. THE IMPACT OCCURRED APRX 1/2 MI FROM THE APPROACH END OF RWY 23. THE WEATHER WAS: 100 FT OBSCURED, VISIBILITY 1/2 MI WITH FOG, TEMP 42 DEG, WIND FROM 280 DEG AT 5 KTS. THE ILS & VORTAC FACILITIES WERE FOUND TO BE OPERATIONAL. THE ACFT NAVCOMM UNIT, GLIDE SLOPE RECEIVER & COURSE INDICATOR HEAD WERE BENCH CHECKED & FOUND TO BE WITHIN TOLERANCES. THE ALTIMETER WAS TESTED & SHOWED A CONSIDERABLE ERROR AT EACH TEST POINT; BUT WAS NOT DISASSEMBLED TO DETERMINE IF INTERIM DAMAGE HAD OCCURRED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.