- Date
- August 3, 1978
- Place
- Sylvester, GA · SYLVESTER, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N51951Hunting-Pem MK-51
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780803019389A
- Case key
- 140470
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1738 78/8/3 SYLVESTER,GA HUNTING-PEM MK-51 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0615 N51951 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SYLVESTER AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.APRX 2000LBS MARIJUANA ON BOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51951
- Reported as
- Hunting-Pem MK-51
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sylvester Airport
N51951Registration cancelled Apr 1, 2013 · Hunting PEMBROKE MK 51Airframe modelHunting PEMBROKE MK 51
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.