- Date
- December 3, 1978
- Place
- Ocean Springs, MS · OCEAN SPRINGS, MS
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N78511Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781203036189A
- Case key
- 138022
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4148 78/12/3 OCEAN SPRINGS,MS CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 232 TIME - 1720 N78511 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUFALA,AL GULFPORT,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN WEATHER - LOW CEILING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LOW ON FUEL APPROACHING DARKNESS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 245 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78511
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.