Cessna 421 N123SM

Summary

On 24 February 1983 at about 12:00 local time, a Cessna 421 registered N123SM was involved in an accident near Dayton, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 February 1983 at 12:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Dayton, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Mark Anton (2A0)

Coordinates

35.4899, -85.0108

Aircraft

Cessna 421

Registration

N123SM

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Knoxville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83LA120

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE CESSNA 421 COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING THE LANDING APPROACH WHILE ON A CORPORATE FLIGHT. THE WEATHER WAS IMC AT THE ACCIDENT SITE AND THE ACFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE ACFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BUT THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE ACFT CONTACTED TREES 5 MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING AN RNAV APPROACH TO RUNWAY 21 AT MARK ANTON FIELD, DAYTON, TN. THE PILOT STATED THAT AT WHAT HE THOUGHT TO BE THE FINAL APPROACH FIX A DESCENT WAS BEGUN FROM 2300 FT TO 1520 FT. AT 2000 FT COLLISION WITH TREES OCCURRED, (ON THE 170 DEGREE RADIAL 12 NM FROM THE HINCH MOUNTAIN VOR). A MISSED APPROACH WAS EXECUTED AND THE ACFT WAS FLOWN TO KNOXVILLE. NO MALFUNCTIONS WERE FOUND IN THE RNAV SYSTEM. THE PILOT SAID HE COULD HAVE 'MISSED KEYING IN' THE APPROPRIATE WAYPOINT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.