# NTSB ATL84FA084: Rockwell 690B, N81717, Greenville, SC, January 17, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 17, 1984, 07:38 local (12:38 UTC)
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Location: 34.6308° N, 82.3500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN (GMU), within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6308&lon=-82.3500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6248
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84FA084
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6248/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA084

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - below approach/landing minimums (contributing factor)
  - decision height - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - missed approach - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AS THE PLT WAS MAKING AN ILS APPROACH IN IMC WEATHER, THE ACFT DESCENDED INTO TREES & CRASHED ABOUT 1-1/2 MI FROM THE RWY THRESHOLD. THE DESCISION HEIGHT FOR THIS APPROACH WAS 1316 FT MSL & WAS LOCATED LESS THAN A MILE FROM THE THRESHOLD.A CONTROLLER SAID THAT THE LAST ALT READOUT HE REMEMBERS FOR THE ACFT WAS 1200 FT AT ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THRESHOLD. WHEN THE RADAR TARGET DISAPPEARED FROM THE DISPLAY, THE CONTROLLER ASKED FOR A POSITION REPORT, BUT RECEIVED NO REPLY. THE 0740 EST WX A GREENVILLE, SC WAS IN PART: SKY CONDITION ZERO OBSCURED, VISIBILITY ZERO WITH FOG, WIND CALM. THE ELEVATION OF THE CRASH SITE WAS 980 FT MSL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N81717 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Rockwell 690B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 11445
- Airframe hours: 11540
- Engines: AIRESEARCH TPE-331-251-K 715 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Integrated Products, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 2, 1983, 54 hours before
- Departed: RMG, ROME, GA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: GMU, Greenville, runway 36, 5,393 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 13,834 total, 1,126 in this make and model, 13,735 as pilot in command, 50 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Temperature: 28 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GMU, 2 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840117000819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840117000819A), Jan 17, 1984: Gulstm 690B, Greenville, SC, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Struck trees and stopped. Demolished in a residence front yard. Was below ILS minima trying to land in zero IMC.

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.

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