- Date
- March 2, 1978
- Place
- Rockingham, NC · ROCKINGHAM, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N180PBeech B18G
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780302006199A
- Case key
- 143281
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0443 78/3/2 ROCKINGHAM,NC BEECH B18G CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2020 N180P PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 30, 6500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2825 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCKINGHAM-HAMLET DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKINGHAM,NC PONTIAC,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LAUNCHED FM SNOW CVRD RWY WITH 1/2IN SNOW ON WINGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N180P
- Reported as
- Beech B18G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rockingham-Hamlet
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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.