# Accident 19931202045719A: Socata TB21, Lebanon, NH, December 2, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1993, 17:28 local time
- Place: Lebanon, NH
- Airport: Lebanon Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6135° N, 72.2939° 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=43.6135&lon=-72.2939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28163, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28163-1995-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TB21TC (registry code 8680699, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb21tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB21
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540AB1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 434 total, 85 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC94FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94FA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931202045719A

## Narrative

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

NIGHT DEPARTURE. FAILED TO NOTE RISING TERRAIN. STRUCK TREES. ATC UNSUCCESSFULLY. TRIED TO WARN PILOTS.

## 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 NYC94FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC94FA029), Dec 2, 1993: Aerospatiale TB-21 (N28163), Lebanon, NH, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance which resulted in an inflight collision with the terrain. A factor was a dark night condition.

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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