Piper PA-32RT-300 N31590
19 February 1987 · Nashville, Tennessee, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 February 1987 at about 01:15 local time, a Piper PA-32RT-300 registered N31590, operated by Transportation America Corp., was involved in an accident near Nashville, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 01:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Nearest airport
- Nashville Metropolitan (BNA)
- Coordinates
- 36.1103, -86.6598
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32RT-300
- Registration
- N31590
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Transportation America Corp.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Lebanon → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- ATL87LA073
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
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 PLT REPORTED THAT HE CONDUCTED AN ILS APPCH BEHIND MIXED JET AND TURBOPROP TRAFFIC; THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED AN 'EXTREME DOWNDRAFT' WHILE ON APPCH AND THE ACFT VERTICAL SPEED WENT FROM ABOUT 500 FPM TO ABOUT 1200 FPM. HE ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER BY ADDING FULL POWER, INCREASING PITCH, AND REDUCING THE FLAP SETTING FROM 25 DEGREES TO 10, BUT WAS UNABLE TO SUFFICIENTLY ARREST THE SINK RATE. THE ACFT SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK TWO APPCH LIGHTS AND A LOCALIZER PLATFORM ABOUT 1/4 MILE FROM THE RWY. A BEECH 99 LANDING ABOUT 2 MINUTES AHEAD OF THE ACFT REPORTED NO PROBLEM ON THE APPCH. THE FREEZING LEVEL AT NASHVILLE WAS REPORTED TO 900 FT MSL AT 1750 CST. THE PLT REPORTED THAT ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF THE 30 MINUTE FLT HAD BEEN IN THE CLOUDS. AN AIR CARRIER FLT THAT LANDED ABOUT 10 MINUTES AHEAD REPORTED EXPERIENCING 'LOTS OF RIME ICE'. THE PA-32RT-300 POH STATES THAT THE FLAPS SHOULD BE SLOWLY RETRACTED ONLY WHEN A POSITIVE CLIMB RATE IS ESTABLISHED WHEN INITIATING A GO-AROUND FROM A LDG APPCH.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-32RT accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Apr 1987 | Piper PA-32RT-300 | Laverne, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jun 1987 | Piper PA-32RT-300 | Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States | Joseph W.foley | Fatal | 2 |
| 3 Aug 1987 | Piper PA-32RT | Oelwein, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Dec 1987 | Piper PA-32RT-300 | Burlington, Vermont, United States | Pual H. Spiller | Fatal | 4 |
| 6 Mar 1987 | Piper PA-32RT-300T | Tallahassee, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Oct 1987 | Piper PA-32RT-300T | Lincoln, Nebraska, United States | Lange Partnership | Fatal | 2 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Aug 1987 | Cessna 182 | St. Joseph, Tennessee, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Apr 1987 | Schleicher ASK-21 | Eagleville, Tennessee, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jul 1987 | Gulfstream-Schweizer G164B-600 | Union City, Tennessee, United States | Terry Jamison | Minor injuries | - |
| 11 Jul 1987 | Burkhart Grob G102-111B | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 3 Sep 1987 | Nord (Sncan) SV4C | Lebanon, Tennessee, United States | William Baldwin | No injuries | - |
| 11 Sep 1987 | Hughes 269A | Morristown, Tennessee, United States | Hal-le-Copters, Inc. | No injuries | - |