Piper PA-28-180 N9610J

Summary

On 6 April 1982 at about 01:00 local time, a Piper PA-28-180 registered N9610J, operated by Robert Alden Jones, was involved in an accident near Bostic, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 April 1982 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Bostic, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Rutherford County (57A)

Coordinates

35.3607, -81.8302

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-180

Registration

N9610J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Robert Alden Jones

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Raleigh → Rutherfordton

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL82FA093

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

THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE ABOUT 5 MI EAST OF THE DESTINATION AIRPORT. WHEN THE AIRPORT OPERATOR WENT HOME AT ABOUT 1830 EST, HE NOTED THAT A 350 FT MOUNTAIN PEAK NEAR HIS HOME WAS OBSCURED BY CLOUDS. AT ABOUT THAT SAME TIME, HE ESTIMATED THAT THE VISIBILITY WAS 1/8 TO 1/4 MI WITH LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE. AT ABOUT 2000 EST, WITNESSES HEARD AN AIRCRAFT IN THE VICINITY OF THE CRASH SITE. THE SOUND OF THE ENGINE WAS DESCRIBED AS INCREASING AND DECREASING ALTERNATELY, THEN IT CEASED ABRUPTLY WITH THE SOUND OF AN IMPACT. THE PILOT'S WIFE, WHO WAS A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, SAID THAT HIS HABIT WAS TO USE THE 090 DEG RADIAL OF THE SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN VORTAC TO FLY OVER THE AIRPORT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.