Piper PA-28RT-201 N8153C

Summary

On 30 June 1986 at about 21:45 local time, a Piper PA-28RT-201 registered N8153C was involved in an accident near Robbinsville, North Carolina, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 June 1986 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Robbinsville, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

35.3201, -83.7992

Aircraft

Piper PA-28RT-201

Registration

N8153C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Knoxville → Andrews

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL86LA186

4 people were seriously injured.

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 ACFT WAS FLOWN FROM TROY, MI TO KNOXVILLE, TN AND LANDED, BUT IT WAS NOT REFUELED. THE PLT PROCEEDED ON TO THE ASSUME DESTINATION, BUT THE ACFT DID NOT ARRIVE. ACCORDING TO THE PLT'S ORIGINAL FLT PLAN (FROM TROY TO ANDREWS, NC), THE ESTIMATED TIME EN ROUTE (ETE) FROM KNOXVILLE TO ANDREWS WAS APRX 30 MIN. ABOUT 1 HR & 24 MIN AFTER THE ACFT DEPTD KNOXVILLE, A WITNESS SAW IT AS THE PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A HIGHWAY. RPRTDLY, THE ACFT PULLED UP, THE WINGS BEGAN ROCKING & THE ACFT STRUCK A TREE, THEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND INVERTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.