- Date
- April 14, 1975
- Place
- Southern Pines, NC · SOUTHERN PINES, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N960MSwearingen 226AT
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750414016719A
- Case key
- 149287
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1684 75/4/14 SOUTHERN PINES,NC SWEARINGEN 226AT CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 18000 TIME - 2205 N960M PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 493 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTHERN PINES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLUSHING,NY SOUTHERN PINES,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT RPTD OVR ARPT WILL MAKE A VISUAL APCH TO 5.HIT TREES ABT 1/2MI BFR RWY.PATCHES OF FOG IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N960M
- Reported as
- Swearingen 226AT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Southern Pines
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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.