- Date
- November 10, 1975
- Place
- Jacksonville, NC · JACKSONVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 32 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7218Nihon YS-11
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152028
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0030 75/11/10 JACKSONVILLE,NC NIHON YS-11 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0125 N7218 PX- 0 0 28 44, 11934 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 3100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBERT ELLIS OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,DC JACKSONVILLE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7218
- Reported as
- Nihon YS-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Albert Ellis
N7218Registered now · Wurst Bradley J PRECEPTOR ULTRA PUPAirframe modelWurst Bradley J PRECEPTOR ULTRA PUP
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