Cessna 402 N6814G

Summary

On 3 February 1984 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 402 registered N6814G was involved in an accident near Jaffrey, New Hampshire, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 February 1984 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Jaffrey, New Hampshire, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 402

Registration

N6814G

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Concord → Morristown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

NYC84FA081

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 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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.