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IAD73DKW20

1973-03-22 · ROCKWOOD, Tennessee, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N8113H has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (PIPER PA-28-181, built 1979), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
FUNK B85C · N8113H
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
D
Airport
ROCKWOOD MUN
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000000268
Total time
1,450 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,500
Age
27

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

N RWY.ROLLED INTO HI GRASS.TENN VALLEY FLOODED.

Investigator remarks

ABANDONED ARPT.LNDD TO L OF RWY DUE CAR PARKED O

Cause factors

  • 64/C/03 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED Cause
  • 64/C/79 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
  • 80/B/BI B
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES HIGH VEGETATION
  • 88/L/62 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS PILOT FATIGUE
  • 80/L/BY L
    AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES OTHER

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0773. Source file NTSB_1973_3_0773.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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