- Date
- August 10, 1976
- Place
- Picayune, MS · PICAYUNE, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8979GCessna 188B
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760810023279A
- Case key
- 155247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2710 76/8/10 PICAYUNE,MS CESSNA 188B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 830 TIME - 1500 N8979G PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 536 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POPLARVILLE,MS PICAYUNE,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PCT THOUGHT ENOUGH FUEL TO REACH DEST ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8979G
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8979G · 1
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