- Date
- July 18, 1980
- Place
- Tazewell, TN · TAZEWELL, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N170HCCessna 170
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800718025239A
- Case key
- 129740
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0971 80/7/18 TAZEWELL,TN CESSNA 170 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1514 TIME - 0945 N170HC PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLAIBORNE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSBORO,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SEATS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING REMARKS- SEAT TRACK LATCH CAME LOOSE.PIC COULD NOT REACH CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N170HC
- Reported as
- Cessna 170
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Claiborne County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.