Aviation Crash Map

Embraer EMB-110-P1 N95PB

6 May 1989 · Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 6 May 1989 at about 07:00 local time, a Embraer EMB-110-P1 registered N95PB, operated by Flight Line, Inc., was involved in an accident near Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 07:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, United States
Nearest airport
Maury County (MRC)
Coordinates
35.5501, -87.1906
Aircraft
Embraer EMB-110-P1
Registration
N95PB
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Memphis → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
ATL89FA142

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 1 1 0 0

Probable cause

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A VFR LANDING IN INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS THAT WERE BELOW MINIMUMS FOR THE PUBLISHED INSTRUMENT APPROACH AND COLLIDED WITH TREES AND THE GROUND AFTER ALLOWING THE AIRPLANE TO DESCEND BELOW THE PROPER ALTITUDE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AFTER CONDUCTING GROUND TRAINING ALL DAY, THE INSTRUCTOR/DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND HIS TRAINEE FLEW AN EMB-110-P1 TO MEMPHIS TO EXCHANGE AIRPLANES. GROUND FOG HAD STARTED TO FORM PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. AFTER EXCHANGING AIRPLANES, THEY MADE THE RETURN FLIGHT TO COLUMBIA. THEY OBTAINED RADAR VECTORS TO THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE FOR THE SDF AT COLUMBIA. THE THICK FOG RESULTED IN A MISSED APPROACH. DURING THE MISSED APPROACH, THE RUNWAY WAS VISIBLE FROM ABOVE AND THE CREW INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD TRY FOR A VFR APPROACH AND LANDING. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TREES 2350 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY IN A WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE. THE TOPS OF THE TREES WERE BROKEN 41 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD ALTITUDE. THE TRAINEE HAD BEEN WITHOUT REST FOR AT LEAST 30 HOURS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Other Embraer EMB-110 accidents

Date Aircraft Location Operator Outcome Died
16 Apr 1990 Embraer EMB-110
N64CZ
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States Comair No injuries -
28 Sep 1987 Embraer EMB 110-P-2
N876AC
Freeport, Bahamas
no coordinates
Caribbean Express Airlines Fatal 1
6 Mar 1987 Embraer EMB-110
N890AC
Norfolk, Nebraska, United States Mid Continent Airlines No injuries -
20 May 1985 Embraer EMB-110-P1
N903FB
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
no coordinates
- No injuries -
20 Nov 1984 Embraer EMB-110
N39174
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States Arctic Circle Air, Inc. No injuries -
4 Feb 1983 Embraer EMB-110
N1356P
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
no coordinates
Simmons Airlines No injuries -

All 9 records for this type

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no coordinates
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no coordinates
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10 Aug 1989 Cessna 210C
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