Beechcraft 58TC N2131L

Summary

On 27 November 1983 at about 06:30 local time, a Beechcraft 58TC registered N2131L was involved in an accident near Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. 6 people were on board and 4 died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 November 1983 at 06:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Knoxville Downtown Island (DKX)

Coordinates

35.9102, -83.8692

Aircraft

Beechcraft 58TC

Registration

N2131L

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Atlanta → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL84MA052

4 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

DURING ARRIVAL, THE PLT CHECKED IN WITH KNOXVILLE APCH CONTROL & STATED THAT HE WAS PROCEEDING TO THE DOWNTOWN ARPT FOR LANDING. AT THAT TIME, THE WX AT MCGHEE-TYSON ARPT (APRX 10 MI SSW) WAS CLEAR WITH 7 MI VISIBILITY. ABOUT 10 MIN LATER, THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE WAS ENCOUNTERING FOG IN THE VICINITY OF THE DOWNTOWN ARPT & 'MIGHT HAVE TO GO OVER TO MCGHEE-TYSON TO LAND.' A FEW MIN LATER, HE REPORTED THAT HE HAD EXECUTED A MISSED APCH FROM RWY 26 DUE TO FOG, BUT THAT HE SAW SOME LIGHTS & WAS GOING TO TRY TO LAND ON RWY 8. HE MADE A PROCEDURE TURN TO ALIGN THE ACFT TO THAT RWY. DURING THE 2ND APCH, HE ENCOUNTERED FOG AGAIN & INITIATED A GO-AROUND. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE LEFT WING HIT TREES & THE ACFT CRASHED IN THE RIVER NEXT TO THE ARPT. RESCUE PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT THE FOG WAS SO THICK THAT THEY HAD TROUBLE FINDING THEIR WAY ACROSS THE FIELD TO LOCATE THE WRECKAGE. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE LEFT WING BEGAN BURNING AFTER IT COLLIDED WITH THE TREES. THE TREES WERE LOCATED ALONG THE RIVER BANK NORTH OF RWY 8.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.