Cessna 182 N5430B

Summary

On 8 March 1985 at about 22:20 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N5430B was involved in an accident near Le Banon, Virginia, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

8 March 1985 at 22:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Le Banon, Virginia, United States

Coordinates

36.8904, -82.0709

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N5430B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Springfield → Woodbardy

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL85FA113

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 ACFT IMPACTED TREES AND CAME TO REST 400 FT DOWNSLOPE FROM THE TOP OF CLINCH MOUNTAIN. THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT DEPARTED SPRINFIELD, MO, WITH A CEILING OF APRX 300-400 FT AGL. THE PLT THEN LANDED AT COOKEVILLE, TN, WHERE HE RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING AND FUEL. THE PLT STATED TO THE FSS BRIEFER, HE HAD TO DEVIATE SOUTH OF HIS ORIGINALLY PLANNED COURSE BECAUSE OF WX AND HE WANTED TO EXTEND HIS FLT PLAN. THE PLT WAS ADVISED DURING THE BRIEFING THAT VFR WAS NOT RECOMMENDED ALONG THE ROUTE OF FLT BECAUSE OF RAINSHOWERS, LOW CEILINGS AND LOW VISIBILITIES. COOKEVILLE WAS MVFR BUT IFR WAS FORECAST ALONG THE ROUTE AS THE DETERIORATING WX MOVED SOUTH. WX IN THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT AT THE TIME WAS REPORTED AS BEING MARGINAL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.