- Date
- March 7, 1973
- Place
- College Park, GA · COLLEGE PARK, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N891DPCessna 310G
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730307007859A
- Case key
- 170318
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0688 73/3/7 COLLEGE PARK,GA CESSNA 310G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 2248 TIME - 0731 N891DP PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1120 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBANY,GA ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 120 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LOST CTL 2 MI FROM OMK AT TOO LOW ALT TO RECOVER.NO ACFT MALFUNCTION FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N891DP
- Reported as
- Cessna 310G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.