- Date
- February 16, 1974
- Place
- Cherokee, NC · CHEROKEE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N56508Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740216003609A
- Case key
- 186973
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0326 74/2/16 CHEROKEE,NC PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 235 TIME - 1600 N56508 PX- 0 0 6 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 130 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS,MISS SEVIERVILLE,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 8000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 40 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 16 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD SVR DWNDRAFT,UN CHECK DESCENT.INTENTIONAL STALL AT TREE TOP LEVEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56508
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.