ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13875
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| Date: | Saturday 16 December 1978 |
| Time: | 18:48 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-200 Seneca |
| Owner/operator: | Med Aire Co |
| Registration: | N3024R |
| MSN: | 34-7350163 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Tri-Cities Regional Airport, Blountville, Tennessee -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Monroe County Airport, Bloomington, Indiana (BMG/KBMG) |
| Tri-Cities Regional Airport, Blountville, Tennessee (TRI/KTRI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) December 16, 1978 when crashed (possibly undershot) on final approach to Tri-Cities Regional Airport, Blountville, Tennessee (at approximate co ordinates 40.167 N, 124.167 W): of the three person on board one (the pilot) was killed and the other two (passengers) were seriously injured. The official NTSB report into the accident attributed the accident to "PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION; FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT" (presumably referring to flying on instruments). The aircraft was using an IFR flight plan due to the adverse weather conditions (fog, rain and cloud ceiling at 600 feet).
Aircraft destroyed: registration N3024R cancelled by the FAA on April 15, 1982 (four years later)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: IAD79FA023 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=38333&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=3024R
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/tn/N3024R/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Dec-2016 18:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2016 21:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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