Plane Crash List

Cessna 172N N6257F

28 January 1983 · Knoxville, Tennessee, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 January 1983 at about 20:45 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N6257F was involved in an accident near Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Nearest airport
McGhee Tyson (TYS)
Coordinates
35.7908, -83.9695
Aircraft
Cessna 172N
Registration
N6257F
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ATL84LA056

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

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 ACFT RECONTACTED THE GROUND DURING TAKEOFF AND BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE COMING TO REST. THE PROPELLER, NOSE STRUT AND FIREWALL WERE DAMAGED. THE WIND WAS REPORTEDLY FROM 250 DEGREES AT 14 KTS GUSTING TO 26 KTS. THE ATC CONTROLLERS ON DUTY SAID THE WIND SHEAR ALERT WAS ACTIVATING ALMOST CONSTANTLY. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE WIND WAS REPORTEDLY 25 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 39 KTS. AN OPERATOR OF A CHARTER SERVICE ON THE ARPT HAD REPORTEDLY GROUNDED HIS ACFT BECAUSE OF THE WIND CONDITIONS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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