- Date
- March 13, 1971
- Place
- Knoxville, TN · KNOXVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6911NMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160255
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0248 71/3/13 KNOXVILLE,TENN MOONEY M20C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 485 TIME - 1829 N6911N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOWNTOWN ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULLAHOMA,TENN KNOXVILLE,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN SPECIAL VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 3/14/71.PLT COMPLETED ILS APCH,RPTD GROUND CONTACT AND WOULD GO TO DOWNTOWN IS ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6911N
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Downtown Island
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