- Date
- August 9, 1968
- Place
- Pine Mountain, GA · PINE MOUNTAIN, GA
- Injuries
- 6 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6182QCessna 320
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109121
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1927 68/8/9 PINE MOUNTAIN,GA CESSNA 320 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 8000 TIME - 1230 N6182Q PX- 0 5 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2050 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARDENS-HARRIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT-MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CRASH LANDED IN TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6182Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 320
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gardens-Harris
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