- Date
- December 12, 1983, 17:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Lawrenceburg, TN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N66MZPiper PA-34-200T
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831212060309A
- Case key
- 6564
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Analysis
During the descent at Lawrenceburg the acft went into clouds at 3500 ft. at 1709 the acft was cleared for an NDB approach. Minimum alt for the approach is 1560 ft. field elevation is 936 ft. the acft was being tracked on radar and the last contact was about where the procedure turn would be. There was no radio transmission from the acft to indicate any trouble. The acft struck the ground about 10 NM north of the arpt in a near vertical descent with apparent rotation to the left. All the wreckage was in a 60 ft circle. A reporter/plt had heard about the accident at 1745 and flew to Lawrenceburg. He made the NDB approach and not being VFR at mda, he executed a missed approach and went to maury county about 20NM north and landed. The Lawrenceburg NDB was flt checked on 12/14 and found to be satisfactory.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66MZ
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-200T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-7570247
- Airframe hours
- 2,339
- Engine
- Continental L/TSIO-360-E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jones Oil Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1983 · 924 hours before
- Departed
- MEM · Memphis, TN
- Destination
- 2M2
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 2M2 · Lawrenceburg, runway 16, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 530 total · 37 in this make and model · 393 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSL, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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