- Date
- April 3, 1973
- Place
- Gatlinburg, TN · GATLINBURG, TN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N40233Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730403009379A
- Case key
- 173576
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3227 73/4/3 NR.GATLINBURG,TENN PIPER PA-23 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1155 N40233 PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 32, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CINCINNATI,OHIO UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 260 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OBS AT LOW ALT OVER NATL PARK. CLRD MTN RIDGE & FLEW INTO TREES. GUSTING TO 20K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40233
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.