- Date
- October 13, 1972
- Place
- Oliver Spgs, TN · OLIVER SPGS, TN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N79433Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168937
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3189 72/10/13 OLIVER SPGS,TENN CESSNA 172K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0005 N79433 PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 30, 1379 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 310 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNOXVILLE,TENN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLEW INTO MTN SIDE.PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.184 PCT. PLTS TIME AS OF 2/12/72.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79433
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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