Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Tri-City Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Blountville, Tennessee 27167
Friday, July 15, 1983 21:08 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE COPLT STATED THAT WHEN HE BEGAN THE APCH TO THE DESTINATION ARPT, THE WEATHER CONDITION WAS HAZY & HE DELAYED HIS DESCENT SLIGHTLY UNTIL HE LOCATED THE ARPT. WHEN HE SAW THE RWY, HE BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE A LITTLE TOO CLOSE, SO HE INDICATED TO THE CAPTAIN THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A 360 DEG TURN. AT THAT POINT, THE CAPTAIN ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE ACFT & CONTINUED THE APCH TO RWY 4. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWNED LONG. ACCORDING TO THE CAPTAIN, HE TRIED SEVERAL APPLICATIONS OF THE NORMAL BRAKING SYS, BUT GOT NO RESPONSE. HE THEN TRIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKES & ASKED THE COPLT TO GET ON THE BRAKES, BUT REPORTED THERE WAS NO BRAKING. SUBSEQUENTLY THE ACFT WENT OFF THE END OF THE RWY, WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT & HIT A FENCE. IT CAME TO REST ON A 2ND EMBANKMENT WHERE IT EXPLODED & BURNED. TIRE MARKS WITH EVIDENCE OF BRAKING ACTION WERE FOUND STARTING 2377 FT BEYOND THE RWY THRESHOLD. A REQUIRED FIELD LENGTH OF APRX 2600 FT WAS CALCULATED FOR LNDG. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE/MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. VASI LIGHTS WERE INOP.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/15/1983 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 2108 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | BLOUNTVILLE |
| Event State | TENNESSEE |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 27167 |
| Event Date Year | 1983 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | TRI-CITY |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | TRI |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 1519 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | 0 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | TRI |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Dusk |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 25000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 7 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 26 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 18 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 180 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 3 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 3000 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 2 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2312 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 29693 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:15AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N68TG |
| NTSB Number | DCA83AA032 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | Ground |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | GRUMMAN |
| Aircraft Model | G-159 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | G-159 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 068 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 36000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | AAIP |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 107 |
| Airframe Hours | 14759 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | TAG LEASING COMPANY, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 4700 SIX FORKS ROAD |
| Aircraft Owner City | RALEIGH |
| Aircraft Owner State | NC |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 27609 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | ORION AIR, INC. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Non-scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Cargo |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | TYS |
| Departure City | KNOXVILLE |
| Departure State | TN |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 835 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 4 |
| Runway Length | 6599 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |