- Date
- January 6, 1978
- Place
- Marion, IL · MARION, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N71947Cessna 337G
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780106039489A
- Case key
- 142578
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3388 78/1/6 MARION,IL CESSNA 337G CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1500 TIME - 1850 N71947 PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLIAMSON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GREENVILLE,KY MARION,IL MADISONVILLE,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 42 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT TWR AT 100FT AGL LVL 27MI FRM DESTN,R AIL SEPD.CRASHED 1MI FRM DESTN.125FT GUY WIRE,R WING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71947
- Reported as
- Cessna 337G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Williamson County
N71947Registration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Cessna 337GAirframe modelCessna 337GEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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