- Date
- January 28, 1978
- Place
- Benton, TN · BENTON, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5733WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780128001389A
- Case key
- 143519
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0046 78/1/28 BENTON,TN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 71 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N5733W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHILHOWEE GLIDER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BENTON,TN CLEVELAND,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- PLT HAD SOLO ENDORSEMENT,EXPIRED MEDICAL.PERFORMING LOW LEVEL STEEP TURNS,ROLLING MANEUVERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5733W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chilhowee Glider
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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.