- Date
- December 31, 1977
- Place
- Albany, GA · ALBANY, GA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3296TCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771231043049A
- Case key
- 143893
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4138 77/12/31 ALBANY,GA CESSNA 177 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 850 TIME - 2255 N3296T PX- 2 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 352 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBANY DOUGHERTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GULFPORT,MS ALBANY,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 41 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- HIT TREES 3/4MI FRM RWY.PAX SAW LIGHTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3296T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Albany Dougherty
N3296TRegistration cancelled Jul 18, 2019 · Cessna 177Airframe modelCessna 177Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3296T · 2
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