Plane Crash List

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.

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no coordinates
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no coordinates
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