- Date
- September 3, 1987, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lebanon, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N125VNord SV4C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870903056239A
- Case key
- 7252
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Altitude - not maintainedCause
Airspeed(vref) - not maintainedCause
Planned approach - poorCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The pilot stated while on final approach he allowed the aircraft to get too low and slow. He realized it was too late to recover and the aircraft collided with a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N125V
- Reported as
- Nord SV4C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 418
- Airframe hours
- 2,171
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Baldwin
- Registered owner
- Steven C Hausman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 14, 1987 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- TN96 · Flying L Airpark, runway 18, 3,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 7,624 total · 252 in this make and model · 108 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.