- Date
- November 27, 1981
- Place
- Pine Mountain, GA · PINE MOUNTAIN, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4617FCessna 206
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811127078369A
- Case key
- 122931
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3086 81/11/27 PINE MOUNTAIN,GA CESSNA 206 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2015 N4617F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 23, 1500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALLAWAY GARDENS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIRMINGHAM,AL PINE MOUNTAIN,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 71 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INITIATED MISSED APCH AFT ENCTRG HVY RAIN.STRUCK TREES DRG LOW ALT TURN TWD DNWND HDG.DARK NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4617F
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Callaway Gardens
N4617FRegistration cancelled Dec 11, 2012 · Cessna P206AAirframe modelCessna P206AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.