# Accident 20031211037469A: Cessna 414, Greenville, TN, December 11, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2003, 10:52 local time
- Place: Greenville, TN
- Airport: Greenville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2139° N, 82.8139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2139&lon=-82.8139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1592T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1592T-2004-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 154 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04FA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031211037469A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM COLUMBUS, OHIO, TO GREENVILLE, TN. THE PILOT IN COMMAND, DAVID JOCHMAN WAS CLEARED FOR A LOCALIZER APPROACH TO RUNWAY 5 AT GREENVILLE, TN, TO CIRCLE AND LAND RUNWAY 23, DUE TO THE WINDS, (260/11+16). WEATHER REPORTED TO BE 1100 OVERCAST, WITH 10 MILES VISIBILITY. ICING WAS REPORTED IN THE CLOUDS BY VARIOUS AIRCRAFT AND BY THE TRI-CITIES APPROACH CONTROLLER. CLOUD TOPS WERE REPORTED TO BE 6200 FEET AND THE BASE OF THE CLOUDS AROUND 900-1100 FEET. WITNESS AT THE AIRPORT, REPORTED OBSERVING THE AIRCRAFT ENTERING THE DOWNWIND LEG VERY CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY, AT AROUND 400 FEET. ANOTHER PILOT WITNESS REPORTED OBSERVING THE AIRCRAFT PASSING OVERHEAD, VERY LOW, AND THEN HE OBSERVED IT BANKED STEEPLY BEFORE ROLLING INVERETED INTO THE TREES. THE SURVIVOR REPORTED PICKING UP A LOT OF ICE DURING THE APPROACH, AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED SHAKING AND VIBRATING, PRIOR TO ROLLING INVERTED.

## 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 ATL04FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04FA051), Dec 11, 2003: Cessna 414 (N1592T), Greeneville, TN, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering in icing conditions on a circling approach for landing resulting in an inadvertent stall and collision with trees and terrain. A factor in…

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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