ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69192
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| Date: | Sunday 18 October 2009 |
| Time: | 13:47 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee B |
| Owner/operator: | Oak Ridge Flyers Inc |
| Registration: | N7906W |
| MSN: | 28-1936 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3428 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360 series |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oliver Springs Airport in Anderson County, TN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Oliver Springs, TN (TN08) |
| Oliver Springs, TN (TN08) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While landing on the wet turf runway, most likely with a slight tailwind, the airplane touched down and bounced back airborne. The airplane touched down again and turned about 45 degrees to the left, skidding toward the woods. Just prior to reaching the woods, the airplane's course began to straighten and it continued through a fence. The airplane subsequently swung around where its left side impacted a tree in the vicinity of the pilot's seat. A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. Post-mortem toxicology testing detected an over-the-counter decongestant, antihistamine, and cough suppressant in the pilot’s urine, but not blood, suggesting use no later than the previous evening of an over-the-counter night-time cold/allergy preparation. It is unlikely that the pilot would have been impaired by such use at the time of the accident.
Probable Cause: The pilot's loss of directional control while landing on a wet turf runway, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a tree.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 August 2007 | N7906W | 0 | Tunica, Mississippi | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Oct-2009 13:52 | RobertMB | Added |
| 18-Oct-2009 21:50 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 02-Dec-2017 17:07 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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