- Date
- March 14, 1976
- Place
- Savannah, GA · SAVANNAH, GA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- C-GAOCCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154212
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0004 76/3/14 SAVANNAH,GA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1200 C-GAOC PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR, 280 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 76 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOPETON PLANTATON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MYRTLE BEACH,SC BRUNSWICK,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 45 340 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DECISION TO LND INFLUENCED BY HVY RAIN SHOWERS AND LWEG CLG.PLT DSCNDD THRU LARGE HOLE IN CLDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-GAOC
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hopeton Plantaton