ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39052
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Date: | Tuesday 2 August 1988 |
Time: | 19:50 |
Type: | Van's RV-4 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N223RD |
MSN: | 436 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-360 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Ashland City, TN -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Nashville, TN (TUNR) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:FOLLOWING A BRIEF AERIAL DEMONSTRATION OF THE RECENTLY ACQUIRED HOMEBUILT ACFT TO THE PILOT'S CFI, THE PILOT REPORTEDLY ELECTED TO FLY AT LOW LEVEL OVER THE CUMBERLAND RIVER. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH AN UNMARKED U.S. ARMY CORP OF ENG CABLE THAT CROSSED THE RIVER AT APPROX. 70' AGL AND IMPACTED THE WATER. THE CFI SURVIVED THE ACCIDENT, HOWEVER, WAS UNABLE TO RESCUE THE PILOT. THE ACFT SANK IN APPROX. 20' OF WATER. THE CFI REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES WITH THE ACFT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X26430 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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