- Date
- January 27, 1977
- Place
- Dawsonville, GA · DAWSONVILLE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76278Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770127001389A
- Case key
- 157520
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0741 77/1/27 NR.DAWSONVILLE,GA CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 170 TIME - 1420 N76278 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANDERSON,SC CHATTAHOOGA,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK ROAD SIGN WHEN PLT MADE PRECAUTIONARY LNDG TO DETERMINE HIS LOCATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76278
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.