# Accident 19890506010899A: Emb EMB110P1, Columbia/Mt Ple, TN, May 6, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1989, 02:00 local time
- Place: Columbia/Mt Ple, TN
- Airport: Maury County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FLIA
- Location: 35.5501° N, 87.1906° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5501&lon=-87.1906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95PB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95PB-2013-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-110P1 (registry code 3260122, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-110p1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB110P1
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 11,020 total, 250 in this make and model, 143 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89FA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890506010899A

## Narrative

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

TRIED CIRCLING VFR AFTER SDF APPROACH AT NIGHT WITH PATCHY GROUND FOG.SAW AIRPORT BUT FOG OBSCURED IT ON APPROACH.

## 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 ATL89FA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA142), May 6, 1989: Embraer EMB-110-P1 (N95PB), Mt. Pleasant, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A VFR LANDING IN INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS THAT WERE BELOW MINIMUMS FOR THE PUBLISHED INSTRUMENT APPROACH AND COLLIDED WITH TREES AND THE GROUND AFTER ALLOWING THE AIRPLANE TO…

## Other reports on N95PB (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19851129075019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851129075019I), Nov 29, 1985: Emb EMB110P1 (N95PB), Tampa, FL. During climb to 1600 feet, 516OF passed 100 feet above aircraft. Both aircraft under ATC control and radar coverage

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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