- Date
- September 14, 1984, 10:08 local (14:08 UTC)
- Place
- Dayton, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6897LPiper 602P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840914048389A
- Case key
- 6302
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Analysis
On arrival at destination, plt found airport obscured by fog, reported by UNICOM as 1 mi visibility. Plt circled to await improvement. 15 min later, visibility improved to 1-1/2 mi. Acft observed briefly through breaks, then heard manuvering to north and seen once on approximate downwind hdg. Acft heard approaching airport then appeared in diving left turn below fog and to right of runway before impact. Approved ndb/vor dme/rnav approaches to airport have 700 ft ceiling minimum. Acft found configured for landing. No record of request for instrument approach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6897L
- Reported as
- Piper 602P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 629328165055
- Airframe hours
- 676
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-AA15, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Buss Automation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 2, 1983 · 197 hours before
- Departed
- MRN · Lenoir, NC
- Airport
- 2A0 · Mark Anton, runway 3, 4,500 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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.