- Date
- May 5, 1977
- Place
- Knightdale, NC · KNIGHTDALE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5781GCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770505012189A
- Case key
- 147680
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1479 77/5/5 KNIGHTDALE,NC CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1850 N5781G PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 2466 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1395 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WENDELL-KNIGHTDAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNIGHTDALE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5781G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wendell-Knightdal
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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.