Piper PA-23 N3242P
14 December 1979 · Knoxville, Tennessee, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 14 December 1979 at about 14:50 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N3242P, operated by Harlan Co Ambu, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Knoxville, 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 14:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
- Nearest airport
- Downtown-Island
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23
- Registration
- N3242P
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Harlan Co Ambu
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- S → Harlan, Ky
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3669
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
ELEVATOR TRIM SET FULL NOSE UP.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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