- Date
- July 24, 1973
- Place
- Tiptonville, TN · TIPTONVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N962Oldfield GT.LKS
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730724020479A
- Case key
- 189036
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2691 73/7/24 TIPTONVILLE,TENN OLDFIELD GT.LKS CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 413 TIME - 1630 N962 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOOCH AIRFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TIPTONVILLE,TENN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- LANDED LONG TURNED INTO COTTON PATCH TO AVOID DITCH AT END OF RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N962
- Reported as
- Oldfield GT.LKS
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gooch Airfield
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.