ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 361343
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Date: | Monday 6 September 1993 |
Time: | 15:00 LT |
Type: | Cessna 421B |
Owner/operator: | Pelican State Charter Service |
Registration: | N747BW |
MSN: | 421B0303 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5727 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL GTIS0-520-H |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Oak Grove, LA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Greenville, MS (KGLH) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE LEFT BRAKE FAILED, CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO VEER TO THE RIGHT AS HE LOST CONTROL. THE AIRPLANE SLID INTO A FENCE ROW AND STRUCK A TREE. ACCORDING TO A FAA INSPECTOR, 'SKID MARKS AT THE SCENE INDICATED THAT THE LEFT BRAKE WAS WORKING PROPERLY.' THE INSPECTOR FURTHER STATED THAT THE CONDITION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM COULD NOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO THE IMPACT DAMAGE.
Probable Cause: DIRECTIONAL CONTROL NOT MAINTAINED BY THE PILOT FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. FACTORS WERE A FENCE AND TREES.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW93LA254 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW93LA254
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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