Cessna 402B accident near Tullahoma, TN
On March 23, 1993, a Cessna 402B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Tullahoma, TN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 23, 1993
- Place
- Tullahoma, TN
- Aircraft
- Cessna 402B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.370°N, 86.201°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X11907
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 23, 1993, at about 0328 central standard time, a Cessna 402B, N405PC, collided with trees and terrain shortly after takeoff from the Tullahoma Regional Airport in Tullahoma, Tennessee. The airline transport pilot was fatally injured. The aircraft was operated under 14 CFR Part 135 by Springdale Air Service of Springdale, Arkansas. The aircraft was destroyed. Night, visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and an instrument flight rules flight plan was filed for the non- scheduled cargo flight to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The flight was originating at the time of the accident. The purpose of the flight was to transport photographic prints and film which had been processed at the Walmart processing facility in Tullahoma. Reportedly, the accident pilot arrived in Tullahoma from Harrisburg earlier in the evening in N405PC. The pilot refueled the aircraft, and loaded the cargo, which consisted mainly of vinyl bags of processed photographs. An employee at Walmart reported that the weight of the delivered cargo was 1,198.5 pounds. One of the Walmart employees reported that the pilot did not mention any aircraft abnormalities or problems during casual conversation. At 0311, a man who identified himself as the pilot of SPG100 (a company call sign for N405PC) requested an instrument flight rules (IFR) clearance from Tullahoma to Harrisburg, and advised that the departure runway would be runway 36. At 0313, the Nashville, Tennessee Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) issued an IFR clearance to SPG100. No inflight communications were report
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING TAKEOFF. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ENSURE THAT THE AIRPLANE MAXIMUM GROSS TAKEOFF WEIGHT WAS NOT EXCEEDED, THE DARK NIGHT, AND RAIN.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
