# NTSB ATL87DLT04: Nord SV4C, N125V, Lebanon, TN, September 3, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 3, 1987, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Lebanon, TN
- Location: 36.0412° N, 86.3583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALL CREEK FLD (TN96), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0412&lon=-86.3583&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7252
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87DLT04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7252/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87DLT04

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed(vref) - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - planned approach - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Nord (SNCAN) SV4C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 418
- Airframe hours: 2171
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870903056239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870903056239A), Sep 3, 1987: Nord STAMPESV4C, Lebanon, TN, Substantial damage. Allowed aircraft to get too low and too slow on final approach. Wing struck a tree short of runway.

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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