36.5330° N, 82.3289° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Blountville, TN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 7, 1981 · 06:20 local
Place
Blountville, TN
Airport
Tri-City
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N408EX
Reported as
Cessna 404CESSNA
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,299 total400 in this make and model0 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.
Ice on airframe, made hard landing. Prop damaged, striking ice chunks on runway.
As the FAA filed it
ICE ON AIRFRAME, MADE HARD LANDING. PROP DAMAGED, STRIKING ICE CHUNKS ON RUNWAY.