- Date
- May 15, 1977
- Place
- Hattiesburg, MS · HATTIESBURG, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N30947Piper J5A
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770515010659A
- Case key
- 147287
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2587 77/5/15 NR.HATTIESBURG,MS PIPER J5A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 352 TIME - 1730 N30947 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 219 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HATTIESBURG,MS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30947
- Reported as
- Piper J5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.