- Date
- April 3, 1965
- Place
- Knoxville, TN · KNOXVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5185Piper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179535
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0532 65/4/3 KNOXVILLE TENN PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 3760 TIME - 1845 N5185 PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 364 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCGHEE-TYSON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT REMARKS- PILOT INADVERTENTLY TURNED MASTER SWITCH OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5185
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcghee-Tyson