- Date
- February 18, 1978
- Place
- Moultrie, GA · MOULTRIE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7747CBeech A45
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780218008639A
- Case key
- 143264
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0568 78/2/18 MOULTRIE,GA BEECH A45 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 500 TIME - 1245 N7747C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 460 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPENCE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VALDOSTA,GA TYLER,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 56 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 310 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7747C
- Reported as
- Beech A45
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Spence
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7747C · 1
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