Piper PA-31T N700CM

Summary

On 10 January 1986 at about 02:26 local time, a Piper PA-31T registered N700CM, operated by Peachtree City Leasing, Inc., was involved in an accident near Jacksonville, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 January 1986 at 02:26

Classification

Accident

Location

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Jacksonville Intl (JAX)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-31T

Registration

N700CM

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Peachtree City Leasing, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hampton → Jacksonville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MIA86MA057

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

WHILE BEING VECTORED FOR AN ILS RWY 7 APCH, THE PLT WAS TOLD TO MAINT 3000' & ADVISED HE WAS FLWG A BOEING 727. THE MIN APCH ALT BFR INTERCEPTING THE ILS GLIDE SLOPE (G/S) AT THE FINAL APCH FIX/OUTER MARKER (OM) WAS 1900'. AS THE ACFT WAS APCHG THE OM, THE PLT WAS CLRD FOR THE APCH & WAS HANDED OFF TO THE TWR. AFTER CONTACTING THE TWR, THE PLT WAS TOLD TO DSCND AS PUBLISHED. AT APRX THAT TIME, THE TWR CONTROLLER (CTLR) & HIS SUPERVISOR DISCUSSED N700CM'S ALT & PROXIMITY TO THE 727. THE CTLR WAS GOING TO DISCONTINUE THE APCH, BUT HIS SUPVR SUGGESTED HE WAIT & SEE IF IT WOULD WORK OUT. SUBSEQUENTLY, N700CM CRASHED INTO TREES APRX 5800' SHORT OF THE RWY WHILE DSCNDG IN A WINGS LVL ATTITUDE. RADAR DATA SHOWED N700CM WAS WELL ABV THE ILS G/S WHEN CLRD FOR THE APCH. ATC PROCEDURES REQD THE ACFT TO BE BLO THE G/S BFR BEING CLRD. ALSO, N700CM WAS APRX 2.57 MI BEHIND THE 727, BUT STAYED WELL ABV THE 727'S FLT PATH (& POSSIBLE WAKE TURBULENCE) UNTIL MOMENTS BFR IMPACT. N700CM ENTERED AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF DSCNT BFR GOING BLO THE G/S.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.