35.0946° N, 84.0250° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Murphy, NC, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 1, 1991 · 12:00 local
Place
Murphy, NC
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N42CU
Reported as
Amtraa Juniorace
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,500 total220 in this make and model40 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.
Pilot unable to climb over mountains due to decreasing visibility. Elected to land in field.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT UNABLE TO CLIMB OVER MOUNTAINS DUE TO DECREASING VISIBILITY. ELECTED TO LAND IN FIELD.