- Date
- September 5, 1978
- Place
- Blountville, TN · BLOUNTVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2070ABeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780905017889I
- Case key
- 138967
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0019 78/9/5 BLOUNTVILLE,TN BEECH E18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 3037 TIME - 1748 N2070A PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 168 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI CITIES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,TN BLOUNTVILLE,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2070A
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Tri Cities
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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.
Other investigations on N2070A · 1
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