ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296074
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| Date: | Thursday 27 March 2003 |
| Time: | 20:35 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172R |
| Owner/operator: | Knoxville Flight Training Center |
| Registration: | N35255 |
| MSN: | 172-81001 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1494 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-L2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cherokee, North Carolina -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Columbia Metropolitan Airport, SC (CAE/KCAE) |
| Knoxville Downtown Island Airport, TN (KDKX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was receiving flight following from the Knoxville Downtown Airport Tower. The pilot requested the Automated Weather Observing System frequency and started his descent to the Knoxville Downtown Airport. At 2035, radio and radar contact was lost. At 2042, the airplane's emergency locator transmitter emergency signal was heard over the emergency frequency. Local authorities initiated a search for the missing airplane, and the downed airplane was located on March 28, 2003, at 1000 in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, at Klingman's Dome, at an elevation of approximately 6,400 feet. The airframe examination revealed no evidence of mechanical anomalies. The engine examination revealed no evidence of any mechanical anomalies.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance, which resulted in an in-flight collision with mountainous terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL03FA070
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Oct-2022 16:13 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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