- Date
- March 14, 1978
- Place
- West Columbia, SC · WEST COLUMBIA, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N383BBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780314004459A
- Case key
- 143266
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0570 78/3/14 WEST COLUMBIA,SC BEECH E18S CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1222 N383B PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 35, 6556 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1950 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA METRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTE,NC WEST COLUMBIA,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 8000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 65 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- EARTH EROSION AROUND RWY LIGHTS SUPPORTED BY CEMENT SLABS 3-4IN AGL. WIND GUSTS TO 28KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N383B
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Columbia Metro
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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 N383B · 1
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