ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329651
Date: | Monday 14 April 1975 |
Time: | 22:05 |
Type: | Swearingen SA226-AT Merlin IV |
Owner/operator: | Magnavox Corporation |
Registration: | N960M |
MSN: | AT-005 |
Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 1 km SW of Southern Pines-Pinehurst Airport, NC (SOP) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Flushing Airport, NY |
Destination airport: | Southern Pines-Pinehurst Airport, NC (SOP/KSOP) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Merlin IV hit trees half a mile short of runway 05. The pilot attempted a visual approach; patches of fog were present in the area.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
pilot in command - spatial disorientation
FACTOR(S)
weather - low ceiling
weather - rain
weather - fog
weather briefing - briefing received-method unknown
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | IAD75AI057 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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