- Date
- January 9, 1975
- Place
- Chattanooga, TN · CHATTANOOGA, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2066RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750109002149A
- Case key
- 147991
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0248 75/1/9 CHATTANOOGA,TN PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 915 TIME - 1836 N2066R PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 527 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEMPHIS,TN CHATTANOOGA,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PAX RPT,PLT CKD 3 DIFFERENT LIGHTS ON PANEL,EACH LIGHT CKD OK,NEXT INSTANT HIT FIRST TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2066R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lovell
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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.