- Date
- November 21, 1976
- Place
- Athens, TN · ATHENS, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8033NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761121036769A
- Case key
- 156344
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3577 76/11/21 ATHENS,TN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 339 TIME - 1830 N8033N PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCMINN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATHENS,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PLT FLYING THE ACFT FM THE R SEAT PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8033N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcminn County
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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.