- Date
- December 14, 1979
- Place
- Knoxville, TN · KNOXVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3242PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791214040889A
- Case key
- 132147
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3669 79/12/14 KNOXVILLE,TN PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1360 TIME - 1450 N3242P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOWNTOWN-ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNOXVILLE,TN HARLAN,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INCORRECT TRIM SETTING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ELEVATOR TRIM SET FULL NOSE UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3242P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Downtown-Island
N3242PRegistration cancelled Sep 29, 2014 · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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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.