# Accident 19890711022049A: Cessna 172, Knoxville, TN, July 11, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1989, 13:28 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Mc Ghee Tyson
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6701° N, 83.7498° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6701&lon=-83.7498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8855B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8855B-1994-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 92 total, 15 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89FA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890711022049A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO TREES NEAR TOP OF A CLOUD OBSCURED RIDGE. THUNDERSTORMS IN AREA. HAD BEEN TAKING VARIOUS MEDICATIONS.

## 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 ATL89FA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA177), Jul 11, 1989: Cessna 172 (N8855B), Townsend, TN, destroyed. Probable cause: IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT AND HIS DELAY IN INITIATING REMEDIAL ACTION, WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED LOW CEILINGS OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN, WHICH RESULTED IN HIS INABILITY TO MAINTAIN…

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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