Accident Cessna R182 N736NJ, Friday 23 December 1983

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Date:	Friday 23 December 1983
Time:	23:35 LT
Type:	Cessna R182
Owner/operator:	Arrowhead Airways, Inc.
Registration:	N736NJ
MSN:	R18200746
Year of manufacture:	1978
Total airframe hrs:	830 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-540-J3CSD
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Pennington Gap, VA - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Louisville, KY (KSDF)
Destination airport:	Hickory, NC (KHKY)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
ENROUTE AT 7,000 FT MSL THE ACFT STARTED PICKING UP HEAVY ICE. THE PLT MAKE A 180 DEG TURN & DESCENDED TO 6,000 FT. HE WAS ABLE TO SEE THE GROUND THROUGH BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS. UPON SIGHTING LEE COUNTY ARPT THE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. ACCORDING TO THE PLT THE ACFT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP FLYING BY THIS TIME & HE HAD NO FORWARD VISIBILITY DUE TO ICE ON THE WINDSHIELD. THE ACFT LANDED HARD, BOUNCED & WENT OFF THE RWY COMING TO REST INVERTED. THEREWAS ABOUT 1 INCH OF ICE ON THE WINDSHIELD, WINGS, FIN & DORSAL.

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