- Date
- November 29, 1977
- Place
- Pinehurst, NC · PINEHURST, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4461SBeech 58
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771129041979A
- Case key
- 144753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3899 77/11/29 PINEHURST,NC BEECH 58 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 2416 TIME - 1917 N4461S PX- 1 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 226 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PINEHURST-SOUTHER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTE,NC PINEHURST,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WITNESSES RPTD ACFT NR TREETOP LVL 3MILES FM ARPT.LOW CLOUDS AND FOG VICINITY ACDT SITE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4461S
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pinehurst-Souther
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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.