# Accident 19791119037519A: Doug C54D, Mccormick, SC, November 19, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 1979, 06:10 local time
- Place: Mccormick, SC
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9124° N, 82.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McCormick, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9124&lon=-82.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8060C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8060C-1983-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-4 (registry code 3021502, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG C54D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791119037519A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HIT TREES ON UPSLOPE ON APPROACH TO PREPARED LANDING AREA.FACTORS: FOGGY EARLY DAWN, INADEQUATE GROUND LIGHTS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA80FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA012), Nov 19, 1979: Douglas C-54D (N8060C), Mccormick, SC, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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