- Date
- October 19, 1970
- Place
- Bluff City, TN · BLUFF CITY, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N98301Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159068
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4043 70/10/19 BLUFF CITY,TENN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 111 TIME - 0915 N98301 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 42 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JOHNSON CITY,TENN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- PRACT PWR OFF SPIRAL.ENG DID NOT RESPOND AFTR APPLYING PWR.MXTR CTL FOUND IDLE CUT-OFF PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98301
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage