# Accident 19880702035659A: Cessna T207, Petros, TN, July 2, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1988, 23:03 local time
- Place: Petros, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1028° N, 84.4503° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Petros, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1028&lon=-84.4503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1724U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1724U-1991-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T207 (registry code 2073612, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T207
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 291 total, 61 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88FA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA254) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880702035659A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO TREES AT NIGHT NEAR TOP OF A RIDGE. LOW CEILING, LIGHT RAIN AND HAZE IN AREA. NO WEATHER BRIEFING.

## 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 ATL88FA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88FA254), Jul 3, 1988: Cessna T207 (N1724U), Petros, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N1724U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810428029749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810428029749I), Apr 28, 1981: Cessna T207 (N1724U), Fremont, CA, Minor damage. Pilot landed aircraft about halfway down runway and blew a tire using excessive braking.

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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