- Date
- March 28, 1972
- Place
- Nashville, TN · NASHVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4111XSwearingen SA26AT
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117486
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1009 72/3/28 NASHVILLE,TENN SWEARINGEN SA26AT CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0805 N4111X PX- 2 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 50, 12486 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 438 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NASHVILLE METRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIDNEY,OHIO NASHVILLE,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 66 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DESCENDED BLO PUBLISHED MDA. CREW DIDNT REQUEST NOR WAS GIVEN CURRENT APCH ZONE WEA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4111X
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA26AT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Nashville Metro
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