- Date
- January 28, 1983, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Knoxville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6257FCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6393
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft recontacted the ground during takeoff and bounced several times before coming to rest. The propeller, nose strut and firewall were damaged. The wind was reportedly from 250 degrees at 14 KTS gusting to 26 KTS. The ATC controllers on duty said the wind shear alert was activating almost constantly. A few minutes later the wind was reportedly 25 KTS with gusts to 39 KTS. An operator of a charter service on the arpt had reportedly grounded his acft because of the wind conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6257F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273175
- Airframe hours
- 2,494
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- East Tennessee Pilot'S Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 17, 1983 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- TYS
- Airport
- TYS · Mcghee Tyson, runway 23L, 5,999 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 190 total · 81 in this make and model · 142 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 14 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYS
Other investigations on N6257F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.