ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-3C N38AP Newton, GA
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Monday 13 June 1977
Time:00:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
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)
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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