- Date
- December 20, 1973
- Place
- W Columbia, SC · W COLUMBIA, SC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N711FCBeech C90
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731220042649A
- Case key
- 187382
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4100 73/12/20 W COLUMBIA,SC BEECH C90 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1317 N711FC PX- 1 1 0 CORP/EXEC 35, 6125 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA METRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDENTON,NC COLUMBIA,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 51 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW MDA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711FC
- Reported as
- Beech C90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Columbia Metro
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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.