- Date
- September 4, 1970
- Place
- Chattanooga, TN · CHATTANOOGA, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4417PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163358
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1616 70/9/4 CHATTANOOGA,TENN PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, UNK/NR TIME - 1812 N4417P PX- 1 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASHVILLE,TENN SUMTER,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL: SPIN LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- TOO HI ON SINGLE ENG APCH TO RWY 20,WENT AROUND,STALLED DURG STEEP TURN TO FINAL FOR LDG ON RWY 2.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4417P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lovell
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