- Date
- September 27, 1968
- Place
- Cherry Point, NC · CHERRY POINT, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7466Douglas DC-7C
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108127
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0041 68/9/27 CHERRY POINT,NC DOUGLAS DC-7C CR- 0 1 2 MILITARY CTR CARGO DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0241 N7466 PX- 0 0 0 51, 14549 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2461 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHERRY PT MCAS OPERATOR - UNIVERSAL AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 69 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT DID NOT INITIATE GO AROUND WHEN RNWY NOT IN SIGHT. F/O DID NOT WARN PLT AT WEA MINIMUMS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7466
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-7C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cherry Pt Mcas
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