Aviation Crash Map

Cessna 172N N737QS

20 March 1982 · Greenfield, Tennessee, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 20 March 1982 at about 21:40 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N737QS, operated by Fleeman Aviation, was involved in an accident near Greenfield, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 21:40
Classification
Accident
Location
Greenfield, Tennessee, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 172N
Registration
N737QS
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Fleeman Aviation
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Monroe → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ATL82FLT03

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 1 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

WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED AFTER THE PILOT HAD BEEN MAKING LOW PASSES FOR ABOUT 15 TO 30 MINUTES. IN THE VICINITY OF A 30 FT POLE, THE PILOT MADE A RIGHT TURN AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TOP OF A 45 FT TREE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OVER A SMALL WOODED AREA AND STRUCK THE TOP OF A 60 FT TREE, THEN CRASHED IN A CLEARING. ALL OF THE WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE SOUNDED NORMAL PRIOR TO IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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