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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Kuhlow DCO65TCRAFT · Pleasant View, TN · September 6, 1981

Date
September 6, 1981 · 10:20 local
Place
Pleasant View, TN
Airport
Cothern Field
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N48280
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL81FKW26
Reported as
Kuhlow DCO65TCRAFT
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
118 total55 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Flew low to observe field purchased for a private strip, struck powerline, crashed and burned.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW LOW TO OBSERVE FIELD PURCHASED FOR A PRIVATE STRIP, STRUCK POWERLINE, CRASHED AND BURNED.

NTSB investigation

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