Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
N/A Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Hinton, Virginia 22831
Saturday, November 8, 2014 18:22 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On November 8, 2014, about 1822 eastern standard time, a Cessna 172S, N2152T, was substantially damaged when it impacted trees and terrain in the George Washington National Forest, near Hinton, Virginia. The certificated flight instructor (CFI) was fatally injured, and the student pilot received serious injuries. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the instructional flight, which departed from Winchester Regional Airport (OKV), Winchester, Virginia, about 1745.The flight had an intended destination of Ingalls Field Airport (HSP), Hot Springs, Virginia. The instructional flight was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91
Preliminary radar information obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration indicated that after departing OKV, the flight maintained an enroute altitude of about 3,000 feet above mean sea level (msl), a consistent groundspeed of 87 knots, and a course of 227 degrees. The radar data did not reveal any abnormal flight maneuvers during the flight. There was no record of communication between the pilot and any air traffic control facilities.
The airplane impacted the side of a mountain about 3,100 feet msl, which was approximately 300 feet below the ridgeline. The debris path was oriented on a 213-degree heading, measured about 100 feet in length, and began with trees strikes northeast of the main wreckage. The main wreckage was located leaning against a tree in a nose-down, near vertical attitude. All major components of the airplane were accounted for at the accident site.
According to nearby weather recording stations; the weather around the accident location was clear skies with prevailing wind out of the south between 4 and 7 knots. According to the U.S. Naval Observatory, sunset was at 1709, and the end of civil twilight was 1736; moonrise was 1849. The moon was a waning gibbous with 96 percent of the moon's visible disk illuminated.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 11/8/2014 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1822 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | Hinton |
| Event State | VIRGINIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 22831 |
| Event Date Year | 2014 |
| Event Date Month | 11 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 383314N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0790054W |
| Event Location Airport | N/A |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | -- |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | -- |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1815 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 162 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | KSHD |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 1201 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 18 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | Night |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 8 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -1 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 190 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.93 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 1 |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Southern C-ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Nov 17 2014 1:22PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N2152T |
| NTSB Number | ERA15FA046 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 172S |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 172S9446 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2550 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 2 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Sep 11 2014 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | 4263.3 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | C91-A |
| Aircraft Owner Name | VICTOR TANGO AVIATION LLC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | WILMINGTON |
| Aircraft Owner State | DE |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 198104902 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | Fredrick Flight Center |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | Frederick |
| Operator State | MD |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 21701 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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 | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | OKV |
| Departure City | Winchester |
| Departure State | VA |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1722 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | HSP |
| Destination City | HOT SPRINGS |
| Destination State | VA |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Nov 17 2014 1:22PM |
| User who most recently changed record | kenj |
| Since inspection or accident | Last Inspection |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |