Piper PA-30-160 N8742Y

Summary

On 13 February 1984 at about 02:42 local time, a Piper PA-30-160 registered N8742Y was involved in an accident near Massies Mill, Virginia, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 February 1984 at 02:42

Classification

Accident

Location

Massies Mill, Virginia, United States

Coordinates

37.8096, -79.0590

Aircraft

Piper PA-30-160

Registration

N8742Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Conway → Butler

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

ATL84FA099

1 person 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

WHILE EN ROUTE, THE PLT WAS PROGRESSING NORTHBOUND WHEN HE CONTACTED THE WASHINGTON FSS AT 2134 EST FOR UPDATED WX INFO. AT THAT TIME, HE DESCRIBED HIS POSITION AS NORTH OF LYNCHBURG, VA. THE FSS BRIEFER NOTED THAT HIS VOICE WAS NORMAL, HIS MANNER WAS CALM & PROFESSIONAL & THERE WAS NO HINT OF ANYTHING UNUSUAL. ABOUT 8 MINUTES LATER, THE ACFT HIT TREES & TERRAIN ON A SADDLE BETWEEN 2 MOUNTAIN PEAKS, ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL. INITIAL IMPACT OCCURRED IN LEVEL FLT ON A HEADING OF 190 DEG. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT/MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. RADAR DATA SHOWED A PROBABLE TRACK FOR THE ACFT. THE TRACK PROGRESSED NORTHBOUND (354 DEG) AT 4400 TO 4500 FT MSL UNTIL PASSING ABEAM MONTEBELLO VOR AT APRX 2138:30 EST, JUST AFTER THE PLT ENDED HIS RADIO CALL TO THE FSS. THE ACFT THEN TURNED RIGHT TO ABOUT 170 DEG & DESCENDED TO 3700 & SLOWED FROM 180 KTS TO 138 KTS. AFTER FLYING NEAROR OVER THE WINTERGREEN SKI AREA, WHERE NIGHT SKIING WAS IN PROGRESS, THE ACFT CRASHED AT AN ELEVATION OF APROX 3700 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.