# NTSB IAD75AI057: Swearingen 226AT, N960M, Southern Pines, NC, April 14, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 14, 1975
- Place: Southern Pines, NC · SOUTHERN PINES, NC
- Location: 35.1950° N, 79.4021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Southern Pines, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1950&lon=-79.4021&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 149287
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD75AI057
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI057

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N960M-1975-08-06), registration cancelled 1975-08-06, S/N AT005 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN 226AT
- Registry model: [Swearingen SA-226AT](https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa-226at) (registry code 8780405) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Southern Pines

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19750414016719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750414016719A), Apr 14, 1975: Swrngn SA226AT, Southern Pines, NC, Destroyed. Plt rptd ovr arpt will make a visual apch to 5.hit trees abt 1/2MI bfr rwy. Patches of fog in area.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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