- Date
- December 27, 1986, 19:19 local (Dec 28, 1986, 00:19 UTC)
- Place
- Blountville, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N210MBeech 35-33
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861227071609A
- Case key
- 7276
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg vectors for a ILS rwy 23 apch, the plt allowed the acft to get 400' below the assigned alt of 3700'. The controller (ctlr) queried the plt about his alt & the plt replied he had gotten a little low, but was returning to the assigned alt. After intercepting the localizer (LOC), the plt was clrd for the apch & told to contact the twr. As the acft was on final apch, the twr ctlr noted that it was rgt of course & advised the plt. The plt acknowledge, but moments later, the ELT activated as the acft hit trees on the crown of a hill & crashed. Initial impact was in lvl flt at an alt of about 1700' MSL. The arpt elev was 1519'. The decision height (dh) for the apch was 1718'. Drg the inv, no preimpact malfunction was fnd, concerning the acft or nav equipment, that would have resulted in the acdnt. About 1 min bfr the acdnt, another plt, who had just completed the apch, rprtd that he had broken out of the clouds at wx mins.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N210M
- Reported as
- Beech 35-33
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CD-158
- Airframe hours
- 3,400
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-J, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- W. D. Young And Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 17, 1986 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- MEM · Memphis, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TRI · Tri-City Regional, runway 23, 7,999 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 50
- 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
- 2,223 total · 741 in this make and model · 2,118 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TRI, 2 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.