- Date
- December 17, 1976
- Place
- Bryson City, NC · BRYSON CITY, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N333TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149715
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4099 76/12/17 BRYSON CITY,NC PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 70, 2000 TIME - 1800 N333T PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FERGUSON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANFORD,NC BRYSON CITY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- MISTOOK OTR LITES FOR RWY.HIT TREE DRG PULLUP,THEN HIT PWR LINES & CAR DRG LDG ON HWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N333T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ferguson Field