- Date
- February 26, 1971
- Place
- Columbia, SC · COLUMBIA, SC
- Injuries
- 8 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N47AVolpar E18S
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160768
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2841 71/2/26 COLUMBIA,SC VOLPAR E18S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1400 N47A PX- 7 0 0 BUSINESS 32, 1504 TOTAL HOURS, 35 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA METRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CLEVELAND,OHIO FT MYERS,FLA COLUMBIA,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 80 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SPL VFR CLNC,UN LCT ARPT.CLEARED ILS APCH.CALLED MISSED APCH.HIT GND ABT 2MIN LTR,1MI FRM RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47A
- Reported as
- Volpar E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Columbia Metro
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