- Date
- March 27, 1979
- Place
- Fair Bluff, NC · FAIR BLUFF, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3FSCessna 305A
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790327008129A
- Case key
- 137608
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0583 79/3/27 FAIR BLUFF,NC CESSNA 305A CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1645 N3FS PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC 44, 6844 TOTAL HOURS, 580 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITEVILLE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- WITNESSES OBSERVED ACFT FALL OFF ON WING AND ENTER STEEP DIVE DURING LOW ALT AEROBATIC MANEUVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3FS
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3FS · 1
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