- Date
- April 13, 1969
- Place
- Greeneville, TN · GREENEVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5793FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187454
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0872 69/4/13 GREENEVILLE,TENN PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 29, 39 TOTAL TIME - 1356 N5793F PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT ON FIRST SOLO X-C.STRUCK 40 FT HIGH TREE,200 FT TO THE L OF THE RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5793F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Greenville
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