- Date
- March 7, 1978
- Place
- Laurel, MS · LAUREL, MS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8114MCessna 310I
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780307007269A
- Case key
- 143210
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0454 78/3/7 LAUREL,MS CESSNA 310I CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 69, 30087 TIME - 2045 N8114M PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HESLER NOBLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSON,MS LAUREL,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT FAILED INSTRUMENT CHECK 4 DAYS BEFORE ACCIDENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8114M
- Reported as
- Cessna 310I
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hesler Noble
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.