- Date
- June 30, 1986, 17:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Robbinsville, NC
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8153CPiper PA-28RT-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860630028969A
- Case key
- 7141
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was flown from troy, mi to knoxville, TN and landed, but it was not refueled. The plt proceeded on to the assume destination, but the acft did not arrive. According to the plt's original flt plan (from troy to andrews, NC), the estimated time en route (ete) from knoxville to andrews was aprx 30 min. About 1 hr & 24 min after the acft deptd knoxville, a witness saw it as the plt was attempting to land on a highway. Rprtdly, the acft pulled up, the wings began rocking & the acft struck a tree, then it impacted the ground inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8153C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201 (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-8018037
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennis M. Hoffman & R. Hoffman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TYS · Knoxville, TN
- Destination
- 6A3 · Andrews, NC
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYS, 30 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.