# Accident 19861227071609A: Beech STC35, Blountville, TN, December 27, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1986, 19:19 local time
- Place: Blountville, TN
- Airport: Tri-City Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4873° N, 82.3976° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4873&lon=-82.3976&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N210M-1988-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-33 (registry code 1151402, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH STC35
- Reported engine: CONT IO470J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,223 total, 741 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL87FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87FA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861227071609A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED BELOW GLIDESLOPE AND STRUCK TREES. SUSPECT ATTITUDE INDICATOR FAILED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL87FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87FA051), Dec 28, 1986: Beech 35-33 (N210M), Blountville, TN, substantial damage, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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