- Date
- April 3, 1977
- Place
- Monroe, GA · MONROE, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N23969Beech C24R
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770403016019A
- Case key
- 157951
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1124 77/4/3 NR.MONROE,GA BEECH C24R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 56, 66 TOTAL TIME - 1205 N23969 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONROE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILTON HEAD,SC ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23969
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Monroe
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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.