Cessna 414A N6623C

Summary

On 24 November 1983 at about 22:55 local time, a Cessna 414A registered N6623C was involved in an accident near Waynesville, North 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

24 November 1983 at 22:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Waynesville, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

35.1909, -83.0795

Aircraft

Cessna 414A

Registration

N6623C

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

West Chicago → Sylva

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL84FA058

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

AFTER DEPARTURE AT 1417 CST, RADAR TRACK SHOWED THE ACFT CLIMBING TO & MAINTAINING 7,600 FT UNTIL ABOUT 1733 EST & 28-30 MI NORTH OF THE KNOXVILLE VOR. THE ACFT THEN DESCENDED & CROSSED THE SNOWBIRD VOR AT ABOUT 6,700 FT. THERE WERE SEVERAL UP & DOWN ALTITUDE EXCURSIONS. AFTER CROSSING SNOWBIRD VOR THE ACFT TURNED SOUTH & AGAIN THERE WERE ALTITUDE EXCURSIONS. THE FINAL RADAR CONTACT WAS AT 6,100 FT & ABOUT 1 MI FROM THE CRASH SITE. THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AT ABOUT 6,000 FT MSL & 11 MI FROM THE DESTINATION. METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AT THE CRASH SITE INCLUDED LOW CLOUDS & PRECIPITATION. THE PLT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS 0.04%.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.