- Date
- July 5, 1978
- Place
- Beaufort, SC · BEAUFORT, SC
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9885KPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780705017389A
- Case key
- 141210
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1463 78/7/5 BEAUFORT,SC PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1320 TIME - 1615 N9885K PX- 0 0 4 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 84 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEAUFORT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,SC HILTON HEAD,SC 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 FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND HAZE TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 78 20 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- VFR FLT NOT REC INTO DEST DUE TSTMS.DIVERTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9885K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Beaufort County
FAA reports on this event · 1
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