Cessna C-182Q accident near Piedmont, AL
On November 2, 1998, a Cessna C-182Q (airplane) was involved in an accident near Piedmont, AL. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 2, 1998
- Place
- Piedmont, AL
- Aircraft
- Cessna C-182Q · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.920°N, 85.611°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X11471
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 2, 1998, about 1715, central standard time, a Cessna 182Q, N735JZ, registered to R. A. Hollingsworth Family, LLLP, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, crashed into a mountain top about 4 miles east of Piedmont, Alabama, while in cruise flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed and the private-rated pilot and private-rated right seat occupant sustained fatal injuries. A rear seat passenger, also a private-rated pilot, received serious injuries. The flight originated from Cape Girardeau, Missouri, about 2 hours 45 minutes before the accident. A transcript of the briefing given to a person identified as the pilot of N735JZ by the Fort Dodge AFSS revealed that the person obtained a weather brief for a flight from Storm Lake, Iowa, to West Regional Airport, (Carrollton), Georgia, at about 0712. The pilot mentioned he would be flying under 10,000 feet, wanted to hear the icing level, and asked for the tops of the convective activity along his route. The briefer relayed to the pilot that weather conditions along the intended route of flight would be marginal VFR to IFR with ceilings and visibility improving, except for widely scattered thunder and rain showers, as he progressed eastward. At the completion of the brief the pilot ended with, "..nothing serious though is there". He did not file a flight plan nor advise of his intentions. According to the survivor, who walked from the crash site the next morning, the pilot-in-command was his father, occupying the left seat, t
Probable cause
The pilot's decision to continue the flight under visual flight rules into deteriorating visibility, and his failure to maintain altitude clearance with the terrain.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
