Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Monday 13 June 1977 |
Time: | 00:30 |
Type: | Douglas DC-3C |
Operator: | Hall Mining Company |
Registration: | N38AP |
MSN: | 10217 |
First flight: | 1943 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Newton, GA ( United States of America)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Illegal Flight |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:The aircraft overshot an airstrip lighted by flashlights. Reportedly a smuggling flight.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
pilot in command - selected unsuitable terrain
pilot in command - misjudged distance and speed
miscellaneous acts,conditions - not aligned with runway/intended landing area
miscellaneous acts,conditions - intentional ground-water-loop-swerve
Sources:
» NTSB
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.