ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 183874
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 July 1981 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31T Cheyenne II |
| Owner/operator: | Cowin and Company Inc |
| Registration: | N47CC |
| MSN: | 31T-7820016 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Paintlick Mountain, north of Richlands, Tazewell County, Virginia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Asheboro Regional Airport, Asheboro, North Carolina (BHI/KBHI) |
| Richlands Municipal Airport, Richlands, Virginia (7A4) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (destroyed) July 29, 1981 due to a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) into the 3,514 foot (1,071 metre) Paintlick Mountain, Tazwell County, Virginia (at Latitude: 37° 4' 24.4" north, Longitude: 81° 38' 55.4" west) when descending for final approach to Richlands, Virginia. All three persons on board (pilot and two passengers) were killed.
According to the official NTSB report into the accident, the main cause of the crash was that the pilot was flying VFR in conditions more suited to IFR: fog and low cloud, overcast sky, with a 1,200 foot cloud ceiling. The NTSB report concludes: "No published instrument approach at destination. Cancelled IFR appraoch, hit obscured mountain ridge approximately 1 minute later."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: ATL81FA103 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=25483&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=47CC
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1981/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-cheyenne-in-richlands-3-killed/]
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/va/N47CC/
5. http://www.airfields-freeman.com/VA/Airfields_VA_W.htm#richlands
6. https://mapcarta.com/21901238
Images:
Close up of the aircraft's cabin and cockpit.
This was made approximately 3 days after the accident.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2016 17:27 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Aug-2017 08:17 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2017 20:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2022 06:20 | wyattralph63 | Updated [Photo] |
| 28-Aug-2022 06:20 | Anon. | Updated [Photo] |
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