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Preliminary Report: Icing Eyed in Cessna 414 Crash

CESSNA 414, GREENEVILLE, TENN., DEC.

By David A. Lombardo • Contributor

March 16, 2007

CESSNA 414, GREENEVILLE, TENN., DEC. 11, 2003–At 10:50 a.m. EST Cessna N1592T, registered to Young Forever and operated by Saunders Advisory Group, crashed during a circling approach to Runway 23 at Greeneville-Greene County Municipal Airport (GCY). The commercial pilot and three passengers were killed, and a pilot-rated passenger received serious injuries. The airplane was being operated under Part 91 as a business flight on an IFR flight plan in VMC. N1592T was destroyed in the post-crash fire. The flight originated from Port Columbus International Airport (CMH), Ohio, at 9:15 a.m. that morning.

A review of radio transmissions between N1592T and Tri Cities Approach Control revealed that the pilot requested to start his descent into Greeneville at 10:21 a.m. The controller asked the pilot if he had the weather and the pilot said he did. The controller advised the pilot to expect some light icing from about 6,000 feet all the way down.

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