Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Summerville, West Virginia 26651
Saturday, December 11, 1982 18:00 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
ON 12/10/82, THE STUDENT PLT DEPARTED ON A SUPERVISED SOLO X-COUNTRY FROM MOUNDSVILLE, WV TO HUNTINGTON, WV, WHITE SULPHER SPRINGS, WV AND BACK TO MOUNDSVILLE. WX CONDS DETERIORATED DRG THE 1ST 2 LEGS OF THE FLT AND THE STUDENT'S FLT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) TOLD HIM TO WAIT FOR THE WX TO IMPROVE. THE STUDENT OBJECTED, BUT RMND OVR NGT. WHEN THE WX DID NOT IMPROVE THE NEXT DAY, THE STUDENT INSISTED HE COULD NOT REMAIN ANOTHER DAY. THE CFI APPROVED A FLT ACROSS THE NEXT RIDGE TO LEWISBURGH, WV, NOT BEYOND, AND SAID HE WOULD ATMT TO PICK HIM UP IN THE AFTERNOON. AFTER THE STUDENT ARRIVED AT LEWISBURGH, THE WX WORSENED (ICG CONDS) & THE CFI CANCELED HIS FLT TO PICK UP THE STUDENT. THE STUDENT INDCD HE WOULD FIND A PLACE TO STAY OVR NGT & TOLD THE CFI HE WLD CALL IN 1-2 HRS. WHEN THE CFI DID NOT GET A CALL, HE INITIATED A RAMP CHECK, THEN A SEARCH. THE STUDENT'S PLANE WAS FOUND WHERE IT FLEW INTO THE SIDE OF A MTN AT NGT. NO PREIMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTIONS WERE FOUND WITH THE AIRFRAME OR ENG.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 12/11/1982 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1800 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | SUMMERVILLE |
| Event State | WEST VIRGINIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 26651 |
| Event Date Year | 1982 |
| Event Date Month | 12 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Partial - limited by pilot |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | 0 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 30 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 0 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Moderate |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 3227 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 18 2002 11:28AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\GIUV |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N1621R |
| NTSB Number | ATL83FA060 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | GRUMMAN AMERICAN |
| Aircraft Model | AA-1B |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | AA-1B |
| Aircraft Serial Number | AA1B-0621 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1560 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | Unknown |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 27 |
| Airframe Hours | 2610 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | DAVID N. BOARD |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | MARSHALL COUNTY ARPT.,BOX 322A |
| Aircraft Owner City | MOUNDSVILLE |
| Aircraft Owner State | WV |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 26041 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | MOUNTAIN STATE AVIATION |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | MARSHALL COUNTY ARPT.,BOX 322A |
| Operator City | MOUNDSVILLE |
| Operator State | WV |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 26041 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | LWB |
| Departure City | LEWISBURG |
| Departure State | WV |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1715 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | 74D |
| Destination City | MOUNDSVILLE |
| Destination State | WV |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 18 2002 4:50PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | 0 |
| Runway Width | 0 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |