- Date
- August 23, 1977
- Place
- Winston Salem, NC · WINSTON SALEM, NC
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N758Boeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 145605
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0020 77/8/23 WINSTON SALEM,NC BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2154 N758 PX- 0 0 6 59, 27814 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 6328 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITH REYNOLDS OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHMOND,VA WINSTON SALEM,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N758
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Smith Reynolds