- Date
- October 13, 1974
- Place
- Bryson City, NC · BRYSON CITY, NC
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6980YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741013038399A
- Case key
- 144470
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3917 74/10/13 BRYSON CITY,NC PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 440 TIME - 1720 N6980Y PX- 2 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FERGUSON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRYSON CITY,NC ELMORE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ATMTD GO-ARND WITH L ENG FEATHERED & GR DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6980Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ferguson Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6980Y · 1
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