# NTSB ATL89MA023: Cessna 210D, N3822Y, Nashville, TN, November 2, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Major investigation · Final report
- Date: November 1, 1988, 19:30 local (Nov 2, 1988, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Coordinates: 36.159572, -86.670829 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1596&lon=-86.6708&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 19, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 8074
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL89MA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8074/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89MA023

## Sequence of events

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

- Vortex turbulence encountered, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather observation - not issued, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc)
  - updating of recorded weather information - not obtained, pilot in command
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual separation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - wake turbulence - encountered, pilot in command (cause)
- Altitude deviation,uncontrolled, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - search - delayed, atc personnel(lcl/gnd/clnc)

## Analysis

DRG WEST ARR AT NGT, PLT WAS VCTRD FOR A VFR, STRAIGHT-IN APCH TO RWY 2R & ADZD OF BOEING 727 OFF HIS RGT FRONT, PASSINGFM RGT TO LEFT. HE WAS CAUTIONED ABT WAKE TURBC (W/T) & REPLIED, 'OKAY I SEE HIM.'  CTLR THEN TOLD PLT TO TURN INBND & MAINT 'VISUAL' WITH THE 727. PLT ACKNOWLEDGED, THEN WAS CLRD TO TWR FREQ. AT 1928:04, HE WAS CLRD TO LND ON RWY 2R, BUT WASN'T GIVEN WND INFO (NOR DID HE RPRT RCVG ATIS INFO). WND WAS FM 250 DEG AT 5 KTS, WHICH WOULD HAVE DRIFTED W/T FM RWY2L TWD RWY 2R. AT 1928:39, PLT RPRTD W/T ENCTR, BUT HE CONTD INBND. ABT 39 SEC LTR, RADAR CTC WAS LOST & N3822Y CRASHED IN STEEP DSCNT ABT 1 MI FM RWY 2L. TWR PSNL DIDN'T SEE OR REALIZE IT HAD CRASHED. RADAR DATA SHOWED 727 MADE STRAIGHT DSCNT TO RWY 2L; N3822Y APCHD ABT 2 MI BHND THE 727 & BLO ITS APCH PATH. AT ABT 1100' AGL, AS IT CONVERGED APRX 200' BLOTHE 727'S APCH PATH, AN ABRUPT ALT DEV (DSCNT) OCCURRED. DSCNT WAS ARRESTED, BUT N3822Y CONTD INBND & CONVERGED AGAIN TOABT 200' BLO 727 FLT PATH (300' AGL), THEN RADAR CTC LOST. RWY CTRLNS, 1650' APART; 2L STAGGERED 1800' BYD 2R THRESHOLD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3822Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3822Y-1991-02-28), registration cancelled 1991-02-28, S/N 21058322 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210D
- Registry model: [Cessna 210D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210d) (registry code 2073414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21058322
- Airframe hours: 2726
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert Hampson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 1, 1988, 12 hours before
- Departed: JWN, NASHVILLE, TN
- Destination: BNA
- Airport: BNA, Nashville Metro, runway 2R, 5,186 × 200 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,274 total, 56 in this make and model, 1,078 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 250° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BNA

## 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 19881101050069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881101050069A), Nov 1, 1988: Cessna 210D, Nashville, TN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Encountered jet heavy vortices. On long final lost control and impacted near vertical. Not found until next day.

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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