- Date
- September 26, 1993, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Spruce Pine, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2528DAerospatiale TB21
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930926036259A
- Case key
- 3267
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate inflight decision in delaying a go-around attempt and in attempting a go around with full flap extension.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was attempting to land on the downsloping runway when he realized that the airplane would not stop on the available runway. The pilot attempted a go around while flaps were fully extended the airplane collided with trees approximately 300 feet from the departure end of the runway and settled upright in a nearby field.
Factual narrative
On September 26, 1993, at 1100 eastern daylight time, an Aerospatiale TB21, N2528D, collided with trees during an aborted landing attempt at Avery County Airport, Spruce Pine, North Carolina. The personal flight operated under 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was destroyed and the occupants on board the airplane were not injured. The flight departed Asheville, North Carolina, at 1030 hours.
According to the pilot, both wind socks, one located on each end of the runway showed the winds as calm. Therefore, he elected to land on runway 16 which sloped down 43 feet from the approach end to the departure end. When the airplane touched down on the first third of the runway, the pilot realized that he would not have sufficient runway to stop the airplane. At this point, he elected to abort the landing attempt and climb. The airplane collided with trees about 300 yards from the departure end of runway 16. There were no mechanical problems reported with the airplane. The pilot attempted a climb out before full landing flaps were retracted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2528D
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale TB21
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 861
- Airframe hours
- 360
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540-AB1AD, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lipson Aviation Inc.,
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 12, 1993 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- AVL · Asheville, NC
- Destination
- 7A8
- Airport
- 7A8 · Avery Morris Airport, runway 16, 3,000 × 60 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 715 total · 110 in this make and model · 605 as pilot in command · 62 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AVL, 35 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.