- Date
- January 29, 1972
- Place
- Tocca, GA · TOCCA, GA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N116FCBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165124
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0491 72/1/29 TOCCA,GA BEECH E18S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 2611 TIME - 1755 N116FC PX- 0 0 5 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 1074 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GASTONIA,NC LAGRANGE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 46 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- CNLD IFR CLNC DRG APCH TO TOCCOA ARPT,PROCD VFR TO DEST.LOW CIGS,VSBY REPORTED IN AREA,MOUNTAINS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N116FC
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage