The pilot's inadequate preflight planning to ascertain the conditions of the runway. Factors were the wet, grass runway.
— NTSB Determination
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.
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 accident on 1996-08-26 involved a Cessna T303, registration N420FC, at Senoia, GA.
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning to ascertain the conditions of the runway. Factors were the wet, grass runway.
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