Originally Posted by
cdillard
Hello. I have a question that involves the plane crash of a friend 35 years ago in Butler, Tennessee. Here is a transcript from FAA of the crash:
"3 KILLED BUTLER TN 1975-12-25, AIRFRAME FAILURE-IN FLIGHT; PILOT INDUCED; MTN RIDGE IN AREA OF ACDNT APRX 5700FT MSL.WINGS,TAIL SECTION SEPARATED PRIOR TO IMPACT."
Can someone provide a scenario/insight of what "AIRFRAME FAILURE-IN FLIGHT" means? Also, the relevance of "MSL.WINGS,TAIL SECTION SEPARATED PRIOR TO IMPACT."
The pilot was approaching an airport in the eastern Tennessee mountains and crashed.
Thanks for any insight you can provide.
Simply put it means the aircraft came apart in flight either due to pilot action or inaction by the pilot which led to the mishap (hence pilot induced). MSL means 'Mean Sea Level' - a type of altitude.
Sorry to her about your friend.
Did you get the above infomration from the NTSB database?
Here is a little more information:
IAD76AI044
USMCFLYR
iah beat me to it