Cessna 421 N123SM

4 May 1979 · Sevierville, Tennessee, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 May 1979 at about 11:30 local time, a Cessna 421 registered N123SM, operated by Smokey Mountai, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Sevierville, Tennessee, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 4 May 1979 at 11:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Sevierville, Tennessee, United States
Nearest airport: Sevier-Gatlinburg
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 421
Registration: N123SM
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Smokey Mountai
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Knoxville, Tn → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1047

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK OPEN DRAINAGE DITCH AFTER LEAVING RUNWAY.

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 3-1047, 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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