- Date
- January 14, 1977
- Place
- Newman, GA · NEWMAN, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4117XAero Comdr 100
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770114001609A
- Case key
- 156977
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0396 77/1/14 NEWMAN,GA AERO COMDR 100 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 2816 TIME - 1735 N4117X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1610 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWNAN COWETA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOUGLAS,GA NEWMAN,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 630 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES GROUND FOG 240 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- GND FOG IN ARPT AREA-PLT RPTD TURBC ON FINAL APCH CAUSING HIS HEAD TO HIT CABIN DOOR.CANCELLED IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4117X
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newnan Coweta
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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