- Date
- May 27, 1976
- Place
- Milledgeville, GA · MILLEDGEVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7848TCessna 172A
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760527022649A
- Case key
- 154296
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1941 76/5/27 MILLEDGEVILLE,GA CESSNA 172A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 665 TIME - 2130 N7848T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 417 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BALDWIN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KISSIMMEE,FL LOUISVILLE,KY GAINESVILLE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN, RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F SMOKE 68 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- PLT ADVSD VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED.DSCNDD INTO LAKE SHORT OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7848T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Baldwin County
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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.