COLQUITT, GA, USA
N4277A
BEECH V35B
PLT RECEIVED WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. PLT ADDITIONALLY RECEIVED CURRENT WEATHER AT TALLAHASSEE ENROUTE. PLT DID NOT GET UPDATE WEATHER FOR DESTINATION ENROUTE. NINE MILES FROM DESTINATION FLT ENCOUNTERED INSTRUMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS. PLT REVERSED COURSE AND AGAIN ENCOUNTERED IMC. WHILE AT 500 FEET IN A ONE MILE DIAMETER HOLE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A ROAD. ON APPROACH TO THE ROAD THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A POWERLINE SEVERING THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR. ON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH. THE PILOT REPORTED ON THE NTSB ACCIDENT REPORT FORM THAT HIS LAST BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW WAS 27 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO OBTAIN CURRENT ENROUTE WEATHER INFORMATION FOR HIS DESTINATION RESULTING IN HIS FLYING VMC INTO IMC CONDITIONS WHICH RESULTED IN HIS COLLISION WITH POWERLINES WHILE MAKING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A ROAD.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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