- Date
- April 8, 1974
- Place
- Charlestown, SC · CHARLESTOWN, SC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8EGrumman G-159
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173441
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0020 74/4/8 NR.CHARLESTOWN,SC GRUMMAN G-159 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1410 N8E PX- 0 0 1 CTR PASSG-D UNK/NR, 15910 TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1481 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOMESTEAD,FLA WASHINGTON,DC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNCONTROLLED ALTITUDE DEVIATIONS IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: SWITCHES SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INVERTER INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: ATTITUDE GYRO EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- RADAR INOP SWITCHED FM B INVERTER TO A.ROCKER TYPE SWITCH NOT IN A PSN.FLT DIRECTORS TUMBLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8E
- Reported as
- Grumman G-159
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
N8ERegistration cancelled Apr 4, 2018 · Grumman G-159Airframe modelGrumman G-159Engine modelRolls-Royce DART-529 series
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