Piper PA-28R N47975

1 July 1978 · Courtland, Alabama, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 1 July 1978 at about 15:15 local time, a Piper PA-28R registered N47975, operated by BOB Hays Fligh, was involved in an accident during in flight near Courtland, Alabama, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 1 July 1978 at 15:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Courtland, Alabama, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28R
Registration: N47975
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: BOB Hays Fligh
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Chattanooga, Tn → Mesquite, Tx
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2620

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACFT FELL IN TENNESSEE RIVER AFTER SUSTAINING IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP IN THUNDERSTORM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2620, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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