- Date
- August 15, 1978
- Place
- Boykins, VA · BOYKINS, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7797VAyers 600S2R
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780815023569A
- Case key
- 139960
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2180 78/8/15 BOYKINS,VA AYERS 600S2R CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0725 N7797V PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 41, 2112 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 93 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MANN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORFOLK,VA BOYKINS,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1365 KIND OF OPERATION - ER-IVLC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7797V
- Reported as
- Ayers 600S2R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mann
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7797V · 1
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