Grumman F6F accident near Monterey, TN
On October 8, 2005, a Grumman F6F (airplane) was involved in an accident near Monterey, TN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- October 8, 2005
- Place
- Monterey, TN
- Aircraft
- Grumman F6F · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 35.952°N, 85.086°W
- NTSB ID
- 20051012X01621
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On October 8, 2005 at 1633 central daylight time, a Grumman F6F, N4994V, registered to Air Museum, and operated by the Airline Transport Pilot, collided with power lines, fell to the ground and burst into flames during cruise flight in Monterey, Tennessee. The business flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and visual flight rules. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the trip to Little Rock, Arkansas. The pilot received fatal injuries and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight originated in Sevierville, Tennessee, on October 08, 2005, at an undetermined time. The pilot told several people at the airport that he was going to follow I-40 to Little Rock, Arkansas. Motorists traveling on I-40, stated that they observed the airplane directly over the westbound lanes at an altitude of approximately 100 feet above the ground. One motorist stated that he was driving about 75 miles an hour as the airplane flew directly over him. He stated that he noticed that it was a vintage 1940's Hellcat complete with US Navy markings along the fuselage. He estimated that the airplane's ground speed was about 100 knots. He said that when the airplane passed over him he was just east of the 290 mile marker in Cookeville, Tennessee. He said that the Cumberland Plateau was marked by extremely rough mountainous terrain, with 500-700 foot peaks on either side of the highway. On the day of the accident he had noticed that the peaks were obscured by a low, 500 foot ceiling. He cracked his window to li
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and inadequate evaluation of the weather, inadequate visual lookout, and his failure to maintain clearance, resulted in the in-flight collision with power lines.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
