- Date
- June 9, 1988, 12:03 local (16:03 UTC)
- Place
- Knoxville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N700SCCessna 421B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880609064669A
- Case key
- 7609
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 encounter with weather
Weather condition - thunderstormFactor
Weather condition - icing conditionsFactor
Flight control surfaces/attachments - iceFactor
Weather condition - rainFactor
Weather condition - turbulenceFactor
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Impairment(drugs)Cause
Flight into known adverse weather - intentionalCause
Lack of total instrument timeFactor
Operation with known deficiencies in equipment - performedFactor
Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical
1 engine
Engine assembly - undetermined
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Operation with known deficiencies in equipment - performedFactor
Design stress limits of aircraft - exceededCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - residential area
Aircraft
- Registration
- N700SC
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B0910
- Airframe hours
- 3,516
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-H, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David M. Bailie, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 23, 1987 · 120 hours before
- Departed
- IND · Indianapolis, IN
- Destination
- JAX · Jacksonville, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
N700SCRegistration cancelled Dec 3, 2014 · Cessna 421BAirframe modelCessna 421BEngine modelContinental GTSI0-520-F-K
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 435 total · 250 in this make and model · 344 as pilot in command · 117 in the last 90 days · 68 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.