- Date
- January 3, 1978
- Place
- Knoxville, TN · KNOXVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N41037Cessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19780103005469A
- Case key
- 79569
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0328 78/1/3 NR.KNOXVILLE,TN CESSNA 421B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 707 TIME - 1923 N41037 PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT LAUDERDALE,FL MACON,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT CLEARED TO DESCEND AT PLT DISCRETION TO 2500FT 34 MILES S OF A/P. ACFT STRUCK MT AT 3800FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41037
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mcghee Tyson
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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.