- Date
- July 17, 1983, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Viola, TN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7511RPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830717033119A
- Case key
- 6130
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft was damaged in a collision with farm equipment during an emergency landing on a grass strip. The student pilot had received a weather briefing by telephone but had inadvertantly encountered a rain shower. Because of the rain the student elected to land. During the landing the acft struck some farm equipment and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7511R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-22068
- Airframe hours
- 3,834
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-L2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Forrest L. Sain
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 8, 1983 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- Mcminnville, TN
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.