- Date
- December 6, 1974
- Place
- Pine Bluff, AR · PINE BLUFF, AR
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N44JGCessna 414
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741206041659A
- Case key
- 143028
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3751 74/12/6 PINE BLUFF,ARK CESSNA 414 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1886 TIME - 1930 N44JG PX- 2 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRIDER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA PINE BLUFF,ARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 52 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW MDA DRG NITE VOR APCH.2ND APCH,1ST MISSED.PIC IN R FRONT SEAT,PLT AT CTLS UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44JG
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Grider
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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.