- Date
- October 23, 1983, 18:33 local (23:33 UTC)
- Place
- Brentwood, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7338GCessna TU206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831023074059A
- Case key
- 6229
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed while the plts were attempting an ILS approach to nashville. One plt was not instrument rated. The other was rated but was limited in experience. The instructions for radar vectoring to the approach were not followed and disorientation with loss of control followed. The acft crashed into a field at high speed about 3.5 miles south of the dobbs L0M. Witnesses reported a low ceiling and said it was 'misty' at the time of the crash. The acft crashed on a heading of 305 degrees, the approach was for rwy 02L.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7338G
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20503764
- Airframe hours
- 1,683
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Scott Oilfield Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 13, 1982 · 218 hours before
- Departed
- PNC · Ponca City, OK
- Destination
- BNA · Nashville, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BNA · Nashville Metro, runway 2L, 7,702 × 150 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 491 total · 414 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 290° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA, 85 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 N7338G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.