These are REAL lucky SOB's...
Upside down, 15 feet up in the air, in a tree, and on fire..... And they all walked to a house for help.
:yikes:.
NTSB Identification: ERA13LA042
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Sunday, October 28, 2012 in Sevierville, TN
Aircraft: PIPER PA-32R-300, registration: N4478F
Injuries: 3 Minor,2 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On October 28, 2012, about 1434 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-32R-300, N4478F, impacted a pole and trees after departure from Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (GKT), Sevierville, Tennessee. The certificated private pilot and one passenger were not injured and three passengers received minor injuries. The airplane, forward of the empennage, was consumed by postimpact fire. The airplane was registered to Space Coast Aviation Sales LLC and operated by a private individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions were present at the departure airport; however, instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the area and an instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed for the flight destined for the Space Coast Regional Airport (TIX), Titusville, Florida.
According to the pilot the flight was being provided radar vectors by an air traffic controller at a nearby approach control facility. He had received a terrain warning on his global position system (GPS) and queried the controller; however, he received no reply. Subsequently the GPS provided an obstacle warning and then a rooftop was observed in the clouds. He pitched up and banked the airplane, in order to clear the rooftop and the now visible trees. However, the underside of the airplane impacted several trees prior to the airplane coming to rest inverted in a tree about 15 feet above ground level. A postimpact fire began and the occupants exited the airplane.
Initial examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the airplane impacted a pole and some trees located on a mountain about 2,600 feet above mean sea level, prior to coming to rest. The airplane was consumed by postimpact fire, except for approximately 6 feet of the empennage. Cable continuity was confirmed throughout the airplane. Several tree limbs exhibited marks consistent with being cut by the airplane's propeller during the accident sequence. One of the two propeller blades exhibited curling on the tip and the other exhibited slight bowing in the forward direction. Index for Oct2012 | Index of months
Upside down, 15 feet up in the air, in a tree, and on fire..... And they all walked to a house for help.
:yikes:.NTSB Identification: ERA13LA042
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Sunday, October 28, 2012 in Sevierville, TN
Aircraft: PIPER PA-32R-300, registration: N4478F
Injuries: 3 Minor,2 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On October 28, 2012, about 1434 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-32R-300, N4478F, impacted a pole and trees after departure from Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (GKT), Sevierville, Tennessee. The certificated private pilot and one passenger were not injured and three passengers received minor injuries. The airplane, forward of the empennage, was consumed by postimpact fire. The airplane was registered to Space Coast Aviation Sales LLC and operated by a private individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions were present at the departure airport; however, instrument meteorological conditions prevailed in the area and an instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed for the flight destined for the Space Coast Regional Airport (TIX), Titusville, Florida.
According to the pilot the flight was being provided radar vectors by an air traffic controller at a nearby approach control facility. He had received a terrain warning on his global position system (GPS) and queried the controller; however, he received no reply. Subsequently the GPS provided an obstacle warning and then a rooftop was observed in the clouds. He pitched up and banked the airplane, in order to clear the rooftop and the now visible trees. However, the underside of the airplane impacted several trees prior to the airplane coming to rest inverted in a tree about 15 feet above ground level. A postimpact fire began and the occupants exited the airplane.
Initial examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the airplane impacted a pole and some trees located on a mountain about 2,600 feet above mean sea level, prior to coming to rest. The airplane was consumed by postimpact fire, except for approximately 6 feet of the empennage. Cable continuity was confirmed throughout the airplane. Several tree limbs exhibited marks consistent with being cut by the airplane's propeller during the accident sequence. One of the two propeller blades exhibited curling on the tip and the other exhibited slight bowing in the forward direction. Index for Oct2012 | Index of months