- Date
- July 15, 1980
- Place
- Banner Elk, NC · BANNER ELK, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6145YPiper PA-23N98SCBeech 58P
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19800715025522A19800715025521A
- Case key
- 129422
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1858 80/7/15 BANNER ELK,NC BEECH 58P CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 2422 TIME - 1817 N98SC PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 622 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEECH MOUNTAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLOUNTVILLE,TN BANNER ELK,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- N98SC FLEW PUBLISHED LH TFC PATTERN.T/D ON TOP OF N6145Y.MTNS OBSTRUCT VIEW OF ARPT.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1858 80/7/15 BANNER ELK,NC PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 500 TIME - 1817 N6145Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 235 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 1 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEECH MOUNTAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINSTON SALEM,NC BANNER ELK,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- N6145Y FLEW RH TFC PATTERN.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N6145Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Beech Mountain
N6145YRegistration cancelled Apr 26, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N98SC
- Reported as
- Beech 58P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Beech Mountain
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6145Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.