- Date
- November 27, 1987, 15:52 local (20:52 UTC)
- Place
- Oliver Springs, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N98BSCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871127069919A
- Case key
- 7568
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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 had deptd from a small airport nr kingston, TN mid afternoon and had landed at another about 30 nmi to the NE. He remained on the ground 30-45 min departing between 1530-1545. According to info gathered, the aircraft was observed to fly over the oak ridge airport, 15 nmi w, from w to e, make a left turn to a low downwind, and during a left turn to final, collide with unmarked transmission lines and crash into the trees about one mile n of the turf runway threshold. The plt was flying from the rt seat. The normal traffic pattern for the pvt airstrip is extended across a ridge, left turn to base and fly the final through a gap in the mountains. The airport is shown on the atl VFR chart as a pvt fld not for public use. The aopa airport directory list obstructions as 'hills, mountains,powerlines.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98BS
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284731
- Airframe hours
- 3,026
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- State Aerial Farm Statistics,
- Registered owner
- Aviation Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 17, 1987 · 249 hours before
- Departed
- 9A2 · Knoxvlle, TN
- Destination
- TN08 · Oak Ridge, TN
- Airport
- TN0B · Oak Ridge, runway 15, 2,800 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 2,090 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYS, 20 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.