Cessna 182A N6048B

Summary

On 27 March 1985 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 182A registered N6048B was involved in an accident near Onxy, Arkansas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 March 1985 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Onxy, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

34.9308, -93.4000

Aircraft

Cessna 182A

Registration

N6048B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oklahoma City → Hot Springs

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC85FA078

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

AT 1230 CST ON 3/27/85, THE PLT & HIS WIFE DEPARTED ON A X-COUNTRY FLT, BUT DID NOT ARRIVE AT THEIR DESTINATION. WHEN FAMILY MEMBERS BECAME CONCERNED, A SEARCH WAS INITIATED. THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ON 3/31/85 WHERE THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES & CRASHED ON WOODED TERRAIN. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PLT HAD OBTAINED AN AIRBORNE WX BRIEFING AT 1343 CST.THE LATEST WX AT HOT SPRINGS AT THAT TIME WAS REPORTED AS SKY PARTIALLY OBSCURED, 800' OVERCAST, VISIBILITY 3/4 MI WITH FOG, WIND 170 DEG AT 5 KTS. A RADAR SUMMARY SHOWED 2/10 COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS & RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AREA. AN EXAM OF THE CRASH SITE SHOWED THAT INITIAL IMPACT WAS WITH TREES AT APRX 40' AGL. THE 1ST IMPACT WITH THE GROUND WAS ABOUT 200' BEYOND INITIAL IMPACT WITH THE TREES. THE WRECKAGE PATH WAS 400' LONG. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE/MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. THE PROP BLADES HAD SIGNIFICANT ROTATIONAL DAMAGE. APRX 27 MI NW AT HOT SPRINGS, THE 1358 WX WAS IN PART: PARTIALLY OBSCURED, 800 FT OVERCAST, 1 MI VIS WITH FOG. THE CRASH SITE WAS APRX 300' ABOVE THE ELEV AT HOT SPRINGS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.