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T-28 Trojan/49-1644

Serial #: 49-1644
Construction #:
  159-156
Civil Registration:
  N9872C
  N700H
   Model(s):
  T-28A Trojan
Name: None
Status: Wrecked
Last info: 1984
History:
Daco Rubber Inc, Van Nuys, CA, 1963-1972.
- Registered as N9872C.
Air Training Inc, Knoxville, TN, 1978-1984.
- Registered as N700H, March 1981.
- Crashed and destroyed near Louden County, TN, June 23, 1984.
NTSB Identification: ATL84FLT10 .
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 24834.
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, June 23, 1984 in LOUDON, TN
Aircraft: NORTH AMERICAN T-28, registration: N700H
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.

THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD BANG IN THE ACFT ENG & IT LOST PWR & STARTED EMMITTING SMOKE. DURING A FORCED LANDING, THE ACFT WENT THRU 4 FENCES & HIT A DITCH, AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. A FIRE, WHICH STARTED IN FLT, DESTROYED THE COCKPIT AFTER THE 2 OCCUPANTS EXITED THE ACFT. AN INSPECTION OF THE ENG REVEALED THAT THE FRONT CRANKCASE HOUSING HAD SEPARATED FROM THE ENG.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
ENGINE ASSEMBLY,CRANKCASE..FAILURE,TOTAL

Contributing Factors

TERRAIN CONDITION..DITCH
OBJECT..FENCE

Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
NTSB, www.ntsb.gov
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