Cessna 182R N2370E

Summary

On 19 February 1985 at about 14:00 local time, a Cessna 182R registered N2370E, operated by Dulles Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident near Burkes Garden, Virginia, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 February 1985 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Burkes Garden, Virginia, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 182R

Registration

N2370E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dulles Aviation, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Manassas → Shelbyville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL85FA101

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 PLT DEPARTED MANASSAS WITHOUT A CURRENT WX BRIEFING OR FILING A FLT PLAN. PLT HAD ALSO LEFT MAPS AND A LIST OF CHECKPOINTS AT HOME. HIS ROUTE OF FLT WAS INTO AN AREA OF LOW CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY. THE ACFT CRASHED INTO A MOUNTAIN AT THE 3850 FT LEVEL. WITNESSES IN THE AREA STATED THAT MOUNTAIN TOPS WERE OBSCURED AND VISIBILITY WAS POOR DUE TO FOG AND DRIZZLE. PLT WAS REPORTEDLY UNDER MENTAL STRESS DUE TO RECENT PERSONAL EVENTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.