- Date
- December 31, 1972
- Place
- Chuckey, TN · CHUCKEY, TN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8032WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169290
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3878 72/12/31 CHUCKEY,TENN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 400 TIME - 1530 N8032W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENEVILLE,TENN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8032W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8032WRegistration cancelled Oct 27, 2011 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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