Piper PA-24-180 N6313P

Summary

On 22 February 1983 at about 23:51 local time, a Piper PA-24-180 registered N6313P was involved in an accident near Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 February 1983 at 23:51

Classification

Accident

Location

Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Asheville Regional (AVL)

Coordinates

35.2592, -82.5498

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-180

Registration

N6313P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Asheville → Sanford

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL83FA117

3 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

AFTER REPORTING LEVEL AT 7,000 FT IN RAIN, THE PLT REPORTED THAT ALTITUDE COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED DUE TO A POWER LOSS. HE STATED THAT '...WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT FOURTEEN INCHES AND WE JUST BROKE OUT AND I GOT THE LIGHTS.' AT 1849, AFTER A DISCUSSION WITH ATC CONCERNING AIRPORTS AVAILABLE, THE PLT REPORTED A COMPLETE POWER LOSS AT 4,000 FT. HE STATED HE WOULD '...GO FOR HENDERSON' AND INDICATED THAT HE WAS IN THE CLOUDS. THE ACFT IMPACTED A HEAVELY WOODED HILLSIDE ABOUT 4.5 MI SE AND ON THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF RWY 16 OF ASHEVILLE REGIONAL ARPT. THE TEMP/DEW POINT AT ASHEVILLE WAS 49/49. THE FORECASTED TEMP AT 6,000 FT & 9,000 FT WAS +39 DEG & +32 DEG RESPECTIVELY. TWO OTHER PLT'S FLYING IN THE AREAREPORTED ICING AT 8,000 FT & 9,000 FT. THE CARBURETOR HEAT DOOR WAS FOUND JAMMED IN THE COLD (OFF) POSITION. THE CARB HEAT KNOB WAS IN THE COLD (OFF) POSITION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.