- Date
- February 24, 1983, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dayton, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N123SMCessna 421
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830224005789A
- Case key
- 6023
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The Cessna 421 collided with trees during the landing approach while on a corporate flight. The weather was IMC at the accident site and the acft was on an IFR flight plan. The acft was substantially damaged but the pilot was not injured. The acft contacted trees 5 miles north of the airport. The accident occurred during an RNAV approach to runway 21 at mark anton field, Dayton, TN. The pilot stated that at what he thought to be the final approach fix a descent was begun from 2300 ft to 1520 ft. at 2000 ft collision with trees occurred, (on the 170 degree radial 12 NM from the hinch mountain VOR). A missed approach was executed and the acft was flown to knoxville. No malfunctions were found in the RNAV system. The pilot said he could have 'missed keying in' the appropriate waypoint.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N123SM
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421-0193
- Airframe hours
- 4,065
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520D, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robinson Manufacturing Co./Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 20, 1982 · 86 hours before
- Departed
- TYS · Knoxville, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 2A0 · Mark Anton, runway 21, 4,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,330 total · 300 in this make and model · 4,110 as pilot in command · 105 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHA, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N123SM · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.