- Date
- January 7, 1978
- Place
- Eatonton, GA · EATONTON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9BWBeech C23
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780107007629A
- Case key
- 143256
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0557 78/1/7 NR.EATONTON,GA BEECH C23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 180 TIME - 1415 N9BW PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVANNA,GA ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 954 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 63 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 80 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 12/29/78.FSS ADVISED VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9BW
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9BW · 1
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