- Date
- July 2, 1988, 23:03 local (Jul 3, 1988, 03:03 UTC)
- Place
- Petros, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1724UCessna T207
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880702035659A
- Case key
- 7623
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateFactor
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Weather condition - cloudsFactor
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - fogFactor
Weather condition - rainFactor
Flight into known adverse weather - continuedCause
In flight collision with object
Terrain condition - high terrainFactor
Terrain condition - risingFactor
Object - tree(s)Factor
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1724U
- Reported as
- Cessna T207
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20700324
- Airframe hours
- 2,190
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-G, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- J & S Aero, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Joseph H Selliken, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 28, 1987 · 109 hours before
- Departed
- TYS · Knoxville, TN
- Destination
- HUF · Terre Haute, IN
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 291 total · 61 in this make and model · 291 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 64 °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.