- Date
- March 14, 1971
- Place
- Georgetown, SC · GEORGETOWN, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N31172Piper J-5A
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160711
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0799 71/3/14 GEORGETOWN,SC PIPER J-5A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 146 TIME - 1900 N31172 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEORGETOWN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JOHNS ISLAND,SC CONWAY,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD SCATTERED CLDS,FOG AND DARKNESS.DSCNDD TO ABT 5FT AGL BFR GO-AROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31172
- Reported as
- Piper J-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Georgetown County
N31172Registration cancelled Jun 7, 2017 · Piper J5AAirframe modelPiper J5AEngine modelContinental C85 series
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Other investigations on N31172 · 1
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