Cessna 152 accident near Allendale, SC
On March 14, 1994, a Cessna 152 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Allendale, SC. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 14, 1994
- Place
- Allendale, SC
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.000°N, 81.301°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X00835
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 13, 1994, at 2300 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N67581, collided with trees and terrain near the Allendale County Airport, Allendale, South Carolina. The private pilot, an Indian national, was fatally injured, and the aircraft was destroyed. The aircraft was operated under 14 CFR Part 91 by the Southeastern School of Aeronautics in Macon, Georgia. Night, visual meteorological conditions existed at the time, and a visual flight rules flight plan was filed for the personal, cross country flight. The flight originated in Savannah, Georgia, at 2158. The accident flight was the second leg of a night, cross country flight which originated in Macon, Georgia, where the pilot was enrolled as a student at the Southeastern School of Aeronautics. The planned itinerary was to fly a three-leg cross country, stopping first in Savannah, then proceeding to Columbia, South Carolina, before returning to Macon. The president and chief flight instructor at the school reported that the accident pilot briefed him on the proposed itinerary, along with forecast weather, during preflight preparations in Macon. At 1611, on the day of the accident, Mr. Murphy obtained a Direct User Access System (DUAT) printout, which he said coincided with the weather information discussed prior to the flight. A man who identified himself as the pilot of N46908 (the aircraft was later changed to N67581) contacted the Georgia Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) by telephone, and filed a VFR (visual flight rules) flight plan from Macon (MAC) to Savannah (SAV). The AFSS specialist a
Probable cause
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER ALTITUDE WHILE IN THE VFR TRAFFIC PATTERN, RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH TREES. FACTORS WERE; HIS FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH SCHOOL DIRECTIVES BY NOT OBTAINING A WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT, AND THE RAIN, GUSTING WINDS, AND DARK NIGHT CONDITIONS AT TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
