# Accident 20041207033569A: Piper PA31350, Dayton, OH, December 7, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 2004, 01:40 local time
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Airport: James M Cox Dayton International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DTXA
- Location: 39.8897° N, 84.2533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8897&lon=-84.2533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54316, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54316-2005-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 350 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05FA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041207033569A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 07, 2004, AT ABOUT 0140 EST, A PIPER PA-31-350 N54316 ON A PART 135 CARGO FLIGHT OPERATED BY TIFFIN AIRE (DTXA) WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN WHILE ON THE ILS6L APPROACH TO JAME M. COX DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DAY, VANDALIA, OHIO. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. 1/8 MILE VISIBILITY WAS REPORTED AT THE DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WITH A TOUCHDOWN ZONE AND MIDPOINT RVR OF 1800 AND A ROLLOUT RVR OF 1600. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KNOXVILLE, TN MCGHEE-TYSON AIRPORT TYS ON DECEMBER 07, 2004 AT ABOUT 0020.

## 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 NYC05FA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05FA028), Dec 7, 2004: Piper PA-31-350 (N54316), Vandalia, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate altitude\clearance while on approach, which resulted in an in-flight collision with trees. Factors in the accident were the fog and low ceiling conditions.

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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