- Date
- April 28, 1985, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Tullahoma, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6015HPiper J3C-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850428019489A
- Case key
- 6787
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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 plt was giving a 15 yr old passenger a local area flt. While in level flt at about 200 ft AGL, the acft hit an unmarked/guyed antenna tower & crashed. The plt reported that he did not see the tower. Although the tower had been there for many years, it was not painted or lighted iaw the recommendations contained in FAA advisory circular ac 70/7460-1F. Also, it was not marked on the aeronautical charts.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6015H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19154
- Engine
- Continental A-65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cumberland Flyers,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Cumberland Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- THA · Tullahoma, TN
- Airport
- THA · Soesbe-Martin
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 530 total · 103 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA, 45 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.