- Date
- June 23, 1984, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Loudon, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N700HNorth American T-28
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840623026359A
- Case key
- 6327
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that he heard a loud bang in the acft eng & it lost pwr & started emmitting smoke. During a forced landing, the acft went thru 4 fences & hit a ditch, and the nose gear collapsed. A fire, which started in flt, destroyed the cockpit after the 2 occupants exited the acft. An inspection of the eng revealed that the front crankcase housing had separated from the eng.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N700H
- Reported as
- North American T-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49-1644A
- Airframe hours
- 10
- Engine
- Wright R-1820-86A, 1,100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air Training, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1984 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- DKX · Knoxville, 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,338 total · 175 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYS, 35 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.