- Date
- March 20, 1983, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Crossville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9600WPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830320010549A
- Case key
- 5899
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft crashed into hinch mt at the 2700 foot level during cruise flt in IMC weather. The pilot was informed during the initial and subsequent briefings that VFR flt was not recommended for his route. The first leg of the flight from new orleans to tuscaloosa ended with a landing under IFR conditions. The pilot told the fss personnel he was going back to meridian, ms but instead continued on toward his original destination of mason WV. The pilot received fatal injuries from the crash in TN but his son, a passenger, survived. The son said that his father was instrument rated but had not filed an IFR flight plan because of a known malfunctioning directional gyro. A stop had been made on a previous trip to fix the dg but the problem was not resolved; fire damage precluded postaccident determination of cause of the malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9600W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-23051
- Airframe hours
- 2,060
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Three Point Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TCL · Tulscaloosa, AL
- Destination
- 312 · Point Pleasant, WV
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,850 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CSV, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.