# NTSB ATL84FLT10: North American T-28, N700H, Loudon, TN, June 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 23, 1984, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Loudon, TN
- Coordinates: 35.730518, -84.350914 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7305&lon=-84.3509&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6327
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84FLT10
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6327/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FLT10

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,crankcase - failure,total (cause)
- Fire, cruise
  - fuselage,crew compartment - fire
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700H-1999-01-12), registration cancelled 1999-01-12, S/N 491644A (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN T-28
- Registry model: [North American T-28A](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-t-28a) (registry code 6402504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 49-1644A
- Airframe hours: 10
- Engines: WRIGHT R-1820-86A 1100 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840623026359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840623026359A), Jun 23, 1984: Namer T28A, Loudon, TN, Destroyed. Crash occurred during emergency landing after front crankcase housing separated from engine and fire started.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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