Aviation Crash Map

Piper PA-22 N950A

31 August 1984 · Nashville, Tennessee, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 31 August 1984 at about 04:31 local time, a Piper PA-22 registered N950A, operated by Jeffery A. Bown, was involved in an accident near Nashville, Tennessee, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 04:31
Classification
Accident
Location
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Nearest airport
Metropolitian (BNA)
Coordinates
36.1106, -86.6591
Aircraft
Piper PA-22
Registration
N950A
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Jeffery A. Bown
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Nashville → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Bright
NTSB number
ATL84FLT13

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 2 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

THE ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL APCH TO THE ARPT AS A RESULT OF FUEL STARVATION. SIXTEEN GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINED IN THE RIGHT FUEL TANK, BUT THE LEFT TANK WAS SELECTED. NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE LEFT TANK. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH POWERLINES DURING THE FORCED LANDING DESCENT AND CONTROL OF THE ACFT WAS LOST. THE PLT'S STUDENT CERTIFICATE HAD EXPIRED AND A PASSENGER WAS ONBOARD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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