# NTSB MIA67A0062: Aero Comdr 680, N6857S, Spring City, TN, December 2, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 2, 1966
- Place: Spring City, TN · SPRING CITY, TN
- Location: 35.6864° N, 84.8642° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spring City, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6864&lon=-84.8642&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 13, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120104
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA67A0062
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67A0062

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1110   66/12/2 NR.SPRING CITY,TENN   AERO COMDR 680      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 64, 8095
        TIME - 1945                    N6857S              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  4000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                      SLEET, FREEZING RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          NONE                                                     IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR
        REMARKS- PLT CONTINUED IFR FLT INTO AREA OF KNOWN ICING.ACFT NOT EQUIPPED WITH DEICERS OR ANTI-ICERS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6857S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6857S-1967-11-15), registration cancelled 1967-11-15, S/N 680-438-110 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 680
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 680](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680) (registry code 0141602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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