- Date
- July 31, 1978
- Place
- Sussex, NJ · SUSSEX, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5808MCessna 310P
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780731039589A
- Case key
- 139350
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3243 78/7/31 SUSSEX,NJ CESSNA 310P CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1150 N5808M PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 29, 1740 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUSSEX DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASHLAND,KY SUSSEX,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 80 9 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- APCH COURSE 345 DEG. ACFT COLLIDED WITH MOUNTAIN FIVE MILES NW OF AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5808M
- Reported as
- Cessna 310P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sussex
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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.