Cessna C-182E N9033Y

Summary

On 1 December 1997 at about 21:34 local time, a Cessna C-182E registered N9033Y was involved in an accident near Townsend, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 December 1997 at 21:34

Classification

Accident

Location

Townsend, Tennessee, United States

Coordinates

35.6700, -83.7499

Aircraft

Cessna C-182E

Registration

N9033Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Louisville → Gainesville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA98FA038

1 person died.

the pilot's failure to maintain VFR flight conditions in a mountainous area resulting in inflight collision with rising terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to flight planning data found in the wreckage, the flight had departed Louisville, Kentucky for Gainesville, Florida. The airplane collided with terrain at the 4,300-foot level of a 4,400-foot ridgeline about 22 miles southeast of Knoxville, Tennessee, about 1:45 hours later. Cloud condition for Knoxville at the time of the accident was, ceiling 3,200 agl, or 4,200 msl. The pilot was not IFR qualified, and when queried by the Green Bay AFSS briefer about his intentions in areas of cloudiness, he stated, 'probably stay below' the clouds. There was no radio or transponder contact with any ATC facility and no flight plan was filed. There was no evidence of any precrash malfunction found with the airframe, engine, or its components, either at the site or in subsequent teardown inspection.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.