- Date
- December 2, 1980
- Place
- Albany, KY · ALBANY, KY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N177MFSwearigen SA26AT
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801202071359A
- Case key
- 127463
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3663 80/12/2 ALBANY,KY SWEARIGEN SA26AT CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE,FL.INSTR., AGE TIME - 1330 N177MF PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS 40, 7628 TOTAL HOURS, 24 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEXINGTON,KY ALBANY,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 48 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 16 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CLEARED TO DSCND TO 3500FT.PLT RPRTD WAS GOING TO "SCOOT DOWN" UNDER LAYER.HIT MTN 1700FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N177MF
- Reported as
- Swearigen SA26AT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Albany
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.