- Date
- October 19, 1986, 20:20 local (Oct 20, 1986, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Rockwood, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7526VCessna R172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861019071529A
- Case key
- 30472
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft was observed departing at approx 2010 hours, reversing course and flying over the airport at 300-400 ft AGL. The aircraft crashed 3/4 miles south of the airport in unpopulated, mountainous/hilly terrain at an elevation of 1560 feet, which is 104 feet lower than the airport elevation. The wreckage was found approx 2 days later. The pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The aircraft was destroyed. There was no fire. Records indicate that the pilot had 6.1 hours of night time, with last night flight being 23 months prior to the accident. A total of 155 hours flying time was accumulated over a 9 year and 2 month period. There was no evidence of malfunction with the aircraft or related equipment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7526V
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1722308
- Airframe hours
- 2,756
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-K, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- E. Tennessee Pilots Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 3, 1986 · 25 hours before
- Destination
- COX · Maryville, TN
- Airport
- RKW · Rockwood, runway 4, 5,000 × 0 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 165 total · 25 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.