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| Date: | Monday 18 January 1982 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PAR-28-180 |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N4583J |
| MSN: | 28R-30453 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1847 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-B-1E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Blairsville, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Atlanta, GA (FTY) |
| Morristown, TN | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ATLANTA, GA ON A FLIGHT WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN TO AN INTENDED FINAL DESTINATION OF MORRISTOWN, TN. HOWEVER, DURING A WEATHER BRIEFING, THE PILOT HAD INQUIRED ABOUT THE TRI-CITIES AIRPORT AT BRISTOL, TN. WHILE EN ROUTE, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON UPWARD SLOPING TERRAIN ON THE EAST SIDE OF BLOOD MOUNTAIN. NEAR THE IMPACT POINT WITH THE GROUND, THE TREE TOPS WERE SEVERED ALONG A LINE WITH A ZERO ANGLE OF DECLINATION. THE ELEVATION OF THE CRASH SITE WAS ABOUT 3680 FT MSL. AT THE NEARBY MCGEE-TYSON AND TRI-CITIES AIRPORTS, THERE WERE OVERCAST SKY CONDITIONS WITH CEILINGS OF 1900 AND 1800 FT RESPECTIVELY; THE RESPECTIVE AIRPORT ELEVATIONS WERE 832 AND 1519 FT. THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT HAD RECEIVED ABOUT FIVE HOURS OF INSTRUMENT FLIGHT TRAINING. CAUSE:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20020917X01723
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ] |
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