- Date
- November 22, 1978
- Place
- Memphis, TN · MEMPHIS, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2301NSwearingen SA26-T
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781122041589A
- Case key
- 138413
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3909 78/11/22 MEMPHIS,TN SWEARINGEN SA26-T CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1851 N2301N PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 38, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLIVE BRANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSON,TN MEMPHIS,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 140 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CONTROLLER WARNED PLT OF LOW ALT ALERT 3 TIMES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2301N
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA26-T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Olive Branch
N2301NRegistration cancelled Oct 8, 1982 · Swearingen SA26-TAirframe modelSwearingen SA26-TEngine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.