- Date
- January 5, 1979
- Place
- Madison, MS · MADISON, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N303LACessna 310R
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790105000369A
- Case key
- 137368
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0430 79/1/5 NR.MADISON,MS CESSNA 310R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, UNK/NR TIME - 1755 N303LA PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRUCE CAMPBELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MADISON,MS COLUMBUS,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE, RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 47 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT DID NOT MAINTAIN PILOT LOGBOOK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N303LA
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bruce Campbell
N303LARegistration cancelled Oct 19, 2009 · Cessna 310RAirframe modelCessna 310REngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.