Cessna T303 N420FC
26 August 1996 · Senoia, Georgia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 26 August 1996 at about 15:20 local time, a Cessna T303 registered N420FC was involved in an accident near Senoia, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 15:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Senoia, Georgia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Big 'T' (64GA)
- Coordinates
- 33.3103, -84.5507
- Aircraft
- Cessna T303
- Registration
- N420FC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Peachtree City → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL96LA125
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning to ascertain the conditions of the runway. Factors were the wet, grass runway.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot had landed at a divert field after holding above an undercast for about one hour. He fueled the airplane and obtained a verbal briefing regarding the weather at the destination. The private destination airport had a sod runway, 2050 feet long. The morning fog had left the runway wet. According to the pilot, the braking action was insufficient to stop the airplane when he landed. The airplane ran off the runway into an adjacent ditch.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna T303 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Mar 1998 | Cessna T303 | Midvale, Idaho, United States | Jeffrey J. Johnson | Fatal | 6 |
| 16 Apr 1993 | Cessna T303 | Mena, Arkansas, United States | Harrell Searcy W. | No injuries | - |
| 8 May 1999 | Cessna T303 | San Diego, California, United States | Neville A. Lewis | No injuries | - |
| 1 Nov 1999 | Cessna T303 | Binghampton, New York, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 26 Nov 1993 | Cessna T303 | Rogers, Arkansas, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 28 May 1999 | Cessna T303 | Houston, Texas, United States | George R. Eeds | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Apr 1996 | Maule M-5 | Plains, Georgia, United States | Robert D. Campbell | Minor injuries | - |
| 18 Apr 1996 | Cessna 310D | Palmetto, Georgia, United States | Bruce D. Willis | No injuries | - |
| 18 Apr 1996 | Grumman G-164A | Edison, Georgia, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 May 1996 | Cessna 172D | Vilarica, Georgia, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 31 May 1996 | Piper PA-28-140 | Barbour Island, Georgia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jan 1996 | Cessna 150G | Social Circle, Georgia, United States | Dixie Jet Service | Fatal | 1 |