- Date
- May 4, 1976
- Place
- Macon, GA · MACON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76JDMustang 2
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760504011219A
- Case key
- 153667
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1936 76/5/4 MACON,GA MUSTANG 2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 194 TIME - 2025 N76JD PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HERBERT SMART DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MACON,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76JD
- Reported as
- Mustang 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Herbert Smart
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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.