Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary ATL85FA039

PETROS, TN, USA

Aircraft #1

N27948

PIPER PA-31-350

Analysis

THE FLT DEPARTED FT. LAUDERDALE, FL, ON 8-2-84 AT APRX 0815 EDT FOR CINCINNATI, OH. THE ACFT WRECKAGE WAS FOUND ON 11-17-84 ON AN UP SLOPE OF BIG FODDER STACK MOUNTAIN. THE ACFT HAD CONTACTED A 25 FT TALL TREE LOCATED 200 FT WEST OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE. THE ONLY KNOWN RADIO CONTACT WAS RECALLED BY THE MONROE COUNTY APRT MANAGER WHO STATED THE PLT RADIOED TO EXCHANGE THE DAY'S GREETING. EXACT WX AT THE ACCIDENT SITE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. HOWEVER, THE APRT MANAGER RECALLED THE HIGH TERRAIN BEING OBSCURED WITH POOR VISIBILITY.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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