- Date
- February 8, 1973
- Place
- Alcoa, TN · ALCOA, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6166XAero Comdr 500B
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730208002629A
- Case key
- 170102
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0133 73/2/8 ALCOA,TENN AERO COMDR 500B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 2871 TIME - 1255 N6166X PX- 1 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 82 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCGEE TYSON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNOXVILLE,TENN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 2200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 38 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- MISSED VISUAL APCH TO ARPT UNDER RAVEC.BLOOD ALCOHOL 252MG%.UNAUTH USE OF ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6166X
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mcgee Tyson Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.