- Date
- November 17, 1978
- Place
- Winston-Salem, NC · WINSTON-SALEM, NC
- Injuries
- 117 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N833NBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781117026509I
- Case key
- 138159
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0016 78/11/17 WINSTON-SALEM,NC BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1801 N833N PX- 0 0111 43, 12111 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 267 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITH-REYNOLDS OPERATOR - PIEDMONT AVIATION,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,DC WINSTON-SALEM,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA COPILOT - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 50 350 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- BROKE OUT AT MINS,MISALIGNED WITH RWY.T/D ON R SIDE,MISALIGNED.RAN COMPLETELY OFF R SIDE OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N833N
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Smith-Reynolds
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.