- Date
- September 13, 1980
- Place
- Bluefield, WV · BLUEFIELD, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4880FCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800913078169A
- Case key
- 128367
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2872 80/9/13 NR.BLUEFIELD,WV CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 77 TOTAL TIME - 1917 N4880F PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 74 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BLUEFIELD,WV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON REMARKS- CRASHED APRX 1500FT FM CESSNA 152,N4870A.WITNESS RPRTD 2 ACFT AT LOW ALT AT TIME/VCNTY OF ACDNTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4880F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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