- Date
- June 28, 1973
- Place
- Crossville, TN · CROSSVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N84368Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730628018179A
- Case key
- 173536
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1671 73/6/28 CROSSVILLE,TENN CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 2534 TIME - 0950 N84368 PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 101 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASHVILLE,TENN MORRISTOWN,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ENTRD CLOUD,INITIATED L TURN TO FLY OUT AFTR COUNT OF 3.HIT TREES ON MTN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84368
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.