- Date
- February 14, 1981
- Place
- Nashville, TN · NASHVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3932WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810214003949A
- Case key
- 127715
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0022 81/2/14 NASHVILLE,TN PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 926 TIME - 1300 N3932W PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 45 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NASHVILLE METRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOUISVILLE,KY NASHVILLE,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3932W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Nashville Metro
N3932WRegistration cancelled Aug 28, 2013 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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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.
Other investigations on N3932W · 1
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