- Date
- June 6, 1974
- Place
- Blairsville, GA · BLAIRSVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8891VBellanca 17-30A
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128105
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1910 74/6/6 NR.BLAIRSVILLE,GA BELLANCA 17-30A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 1485 TIME - 0855 N8891V PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 186 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HARLAN,KY ATLANTA,GA MIDDLESBORO,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - PARTIAL BRIEFING BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE/RADIO, LIMITED BY PILOT ACTION WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE, RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 74 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 310 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- RCVRY DATE 6/8/74.ACFT STRUCK TREES ON MTN AT 3200FT MSL.HILLTOPS OBSCD BY LO CLDS AND FOG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8891V
- Reported as
- Bellanca 17-30A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed