- Date
- December 18, 1979
- Place
- Rockwood, TN · ROCKWOOD, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N29218Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132112
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3475 79/12/18 NR.ROCKWOOD,TN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 614 TIME - 1200 N29218 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOW LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTE,NC ROCKWOOD,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT REMARKS- PLT MISTOOK CLOSED ARPT FOR NEARBY DESTINATION AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29218
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meadow Lake
N29218Registered now · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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