# NTSB ATL84LA231: Beech C23, N18355, Gainesboro, TN, July 21, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 21, 1984, 16:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place: Gainesboro, TN
- Coordinates: 36.36029, -85.650497 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3603&lon=-85.6505&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6503
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA231
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6503/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA231

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - object - wire,static (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - total, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Fire, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wing - fire (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A STATIC WIRE WHILE FLYING ALONG A RIVER. THE COLLISION OCCURRED AT 350 FT AGL ABOUT 5 MILES NE OF THE ARPT. THE LEFT WING HIT THE WIRE WHICH CUT INTO THE WING AND PENETRATED A FUEL CELL. FUEL ESCAPED FROM THIS CELL AND WHEN THE ACFT LANDED AT THE ARPT THE FUEL IGNITED. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY FIRE FIGHTERS. THE PLT SAID HE DID NOT SEE THE WIRES UNTIL JUST BEFORE IMPACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N18355](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18355-1988-09-07), registration cancelled 1988-09-07, S/N M2358 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- Registry model: [Beech C23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (registry code 1151242) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: M2358
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4J 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Stevens Aviation,Inc.
- Registered owner: Stevens Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 17, 1984
- Departed: 1A7, GAINESBORO, TN
- Destination: BNA, NASHVILLE, TN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; private; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 124 total, 55 in this make and model, 86 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BNA, 53 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 19840721036319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840721036319A), Jul 21, 1984: Beech C23, Gainesboro, TN, Substantial damage. Aircraft struck static line above powerlines during low level flight over river. Fire started in wing after landing

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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