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| Date: | Saturday 8 October 2005 |
| Time: | 16:33 |
| Type: |  Grumman F6F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4994V |
| MSN: | 93879 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2118 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney 22800 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Monterey, TN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Sevierville, TN (GKT) |
| Little Rock, AK (LIT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot told people at the departure Airport prior to takeoff that he was going to follow I-40 to his destination. The weather at the accident site was 500 foot overcast, 5 miles visibility and mist. Several motorists observed the airplane flying at an altitude of about 100 feet west bound along I-40 prior to colliding with power lines. There were no mechanical problems reported by the pilot or discovered during the post-accident examination of the airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and inadequate evaluation of the weather, inadequate visual lookout, and his failure to maintain clearance, resulted in the in-flight collision with power lines.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20051012X01621&key=1
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 January 2003 | N4994V | Planes of Fame | 0 | Parker, AZ | |
sub |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ] |
| 06-Dec-2017 11:27 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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