- Date
- March 20, 1966
- Place
- Gallatin, TN · GALLATIN, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2179PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174123
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0121 66/3/20 GALLATIN TENN PIPER PA-23 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N2179P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 49, 4372 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GALLATIN MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- ATTEMPTED S.E. GOAROUND WITH GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN PILOT COULD NOT RESTART INOPERATIVE LEFT ENGINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2179P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gallatin Muni
N2179PRegistration cancelled Jan 20, 1976 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.