Cessna 402C N55LP

Summary

On 31 August 1984 at about 13:10 local time, a Cessna 402C registered N55LP was involved in an accident near Albertville, Alabama, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 August 1984 at 13:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Albertville, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Albertville Municipal (8A0)

Coordinates

34.2599, -86.1993

Aircraft

Cessna 402C

Registration

N55LP

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Decatur → Albertville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

ATL84FA274

2 people died.

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

PLT WAS EXECUTING AN NON-DIRECTIONAL BEACON APPROACH TO RWY 23. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. RADAR INFORMATION OBTAINED DURING THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PLT DID NOT STABILIZE THE AIRSPEED WHILE EXECUTING THE APPROACH. WITNESSES NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE INDICATED THEY HAD HEARD A LOW FLYING ACFT AT THE APRX TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE WRECKAGE PATH REVEALED A GRADUAL DESCENT SWATH IN THE TREES WHICH TERMINATED WITH GROUND IMPACT. WITNESSES NEAR THE ARPT STATED THAT THE ARPT WAS OBSCURED BY FOG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.