- Date
- March 24, 1980
- Place
- Alcoa, TN · ALCOA, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3059TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800324010349A
- Case key
- 131873
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0408 80/3/24 ALCOA,TN PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 273 TIME - 1911 N3059T PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCGHEE-TYSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASHVILLE,TN ALCOA,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 60 280 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 16 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH 2 PARKED ACFT,CONT INTO HANGAR.HANGAR & 4 ACFT BURNED.OTHERS DMGD.GUSTS TO 21 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3059T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mcghee-Tyson
N3059TRegistration cancelled Apr 15, 2013 · Piper PA-28RT-201Airframe modelPiper PA-28RT-201Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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