- Date
- January 3, 1977
- Place
- Wiggins, MS · WIGGINS, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N12771Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770103003409A
- Case key
- 157007
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0166 77/1/3 WIGGINS,MS CESSNA 172 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1935 N12771 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 47, 5172 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WIGGINS-STONE CTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUPELO,MS WIGGINS,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 41 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 350 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT COLLIDED WITH TREES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FIND AIRPORT BY VISUAL MEANS IN IFR WX CONDITIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12771
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wiggins-Stone Cty
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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.