- Date
- January 20, 1986, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jasper, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5904ZPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860120001549A
- Case key
- 7205
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Loss of control - in flight
Proper glidepath - not possibleCause
In flight collision with object
Object - residence
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft crashed into a house before striking the ground in an uncontrolled descent. The acft was approaching marion arpt for a landing when the plt lost control. The plt said that the stabilizer adjustment 'stripped'. The pilot was using the trim tab when the acft nosed up violently during final approach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5904Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-9769
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Adam J. Gessner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BKT · Blacksburg, VA
- Destination
- HSV · Huntsville, AL
- Airport
- APT · Marion County, runway 21, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,500 total · 18 in this make and model · 10,200 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.