# Accident 19811029070729A: Piper PA28140, Knoxville, TN, October 29, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 1981, 11:25 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Powell
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9606° N, 83.9207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Knoxville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9606&lon=-83.9207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6452W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6452W-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811029070729A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

OBSERVED CLIMBING AND DIVING NEAR GROUND. FINAL DIVE STRAIGHT IN. HAD EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS, ALCOHOLIC, INTOXICATED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL82FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA012), Oct 29, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N6452W), Powell, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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