- Date
- July 13, 1976
- Place
- Cliffside, NC · CLIFFSIDE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N44BFM-Saulnier MS894A
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760713021159A
- Case key
- 154262
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1999 76/7/13 CLIFFSIDE,NC M-SAULNIER MS894A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 4592 TIME - 1115 N44BF PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 140 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SHELBY,NC RETURN CLIFFSIDE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE REMARKS- FLD APRX 600 FT LONG.ACFT FLT MANUAL,TKOF 951FT ASL AT 86 DEG F,1410FT RQRD TO CLR 48FT OBSTACLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44BF
- Reported as
- M-Saulnier MS894A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N44BFRegistered now · S.O.C.A.T.A. MS894AAirframe modelS.O.C.A.T.A. MS894AEngine modelFranklin 6V 350 series
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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.