- Date
- March 16, 1984, 19:45 local (Mar 17, 1984, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Norwood, MA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8482NCessna 340
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840316007429A
- Case key
- 35515
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that during an instrument apch, he descended to the mda with the radar altimeter set to 415 ft. the passenger in the right front seat, who was a plt, advised that he saw the apch lights & 1 or 2 seconds later, the radar altimeter sounded. The plt visually acquired the apch & rwy end lights & continued the apch. He said that everything looked normal, but suddenly he saw a tree ahead. The plt tried to avoid the tree, but the acft struck it & crash landed on a muddy service road.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8482N
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A1240
- Airframe hours
- 418
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anthony J. Prevett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- PWN · Portland, ME
- Destination
- OWD · Norwood, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Norwood, runway 35, 3,993 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,900 total · 120 in this make and model · 3,300 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATIS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.