19780103005469A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 421 · Knoxville, TN · January 3, 1978

Date
January 3, 1978
Place
Knoxville, TN
Airport
Mcghee Tyson
Phase of flight
Descent
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N41037
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD78FA028
Reported as
Cessna 421
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Pilot’s flight hours
707 total50 in this make and model59 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acft cleared to descend at plt discretion to 2500FT 34 miles s of. Acft struck mt at 3800FT.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT CLEARED TO DESCEND AT PLT DISCRETION TO 2500FT 34 MILES S OF. ACFT STRUCK MT AT 3800FT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.