- Date
- March 7, 1980
- Place
- Pine Mountain, GA · PINE MOUNTAIN, GA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N36074Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800307018639A
- Case key
- 132174
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0021 80/3/7 PINE MOUNTAIN,GA PIPER PA-34 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1909 N36074 PX- 3 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 37, 1900 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 204 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALLAWAY GARDENS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOHENWALD,TN PINE MOUNTAIN,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 64 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- VOR-A APCH.PLT REPORTED LOST SIGHT OF RWY DOWNWIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36074
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Callaway Gardens
N36074Registration cancelled Mar 7, 2013 · Piper PA-34-200TAirframe modelPiper PA-34-200TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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