- Date
- December 14, 1978
- Place
- Belle Glade, FL · BELLE GLADE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4996EDouglas DC-3C
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781214042499A
- Case key
- 138418
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3914 78/12/14 NR.BELLE GLADE,FL DOUGLAS DC-3C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N4996E PX- 0 0 0 OTHER UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- ILLEGALLY TRANSPORTING MARIJUANA.CREW NOT APPREHENDED.SUGAR CANE FIELD.INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4996E
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4996ERegistration cancelled Oct 14, 2014 · Douglas DC3CAirframe modelDouglas DC3CEngine modelPratt & Whitney TW-S1-S3-S4
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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 N4996E · 1
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