- Date
- February 20, 1984, 18:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Charleston, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6000FAero Commander 680F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840220004069A
- Case key
- 6322
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed during a ferry flight and the plt could not recall the circumstances of the flight. Investigation revealed that the acft had been parked on the service ramp for nearly two years without being used. The last annual inspection was recorded on 9-1-81. The previous owner had ordered the acft restored to an airworthy condition but the acft was not found airworthy due to low oil pressure and metal in both engines. Also the gear was not considered safe for retraction. The acft was subsequently sold to a new owner who sent an a&p/plt to work on the acft. This plt had worked for the new owner on previous occassions ferrying acft. The plt worked on the acft for several days before departing for chattanooga. Investigation revealed that the left eng was not developing power at the time of the accident. The throttle and prop levers were found in the closed position. An eng runup found both engs not airworthy due to oil pressure problems & metal in the screens.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6000F
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 680F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1375-141
- Engine
- Lycoming IGSO-540-B1A, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Shrivers Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1981
- Departed
- TRI · Blountville, TN
- Destination
- CHA · Chattanooga, 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHA, 50 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.