- Date
- March 8, 1978
- Place
- Augusta, GA · AUGUSTA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1517UCessna 207
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780308006239A
- Case key
- 143387
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1118 78/3/8 AUGUSTA,GA CESSNA 207 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1902 N1517U PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 31, 4220 TOTAL HOURS, 810 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUSH FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVANAH,GA AUGUSTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 41 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 20 9 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1517U
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bush Field
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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.
Other investigations on N1517U · 1
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