- Date
- December 4, 1980
- Place
- Scottsville, VA · SCOTTSVILLE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22NTaylorcraft BC12-D
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801204070939A
- Case key
- 127798
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3121 80/12/4 NR.SCOTTSVILLE,VA TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1926 TIME - 1420 N22N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 245 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMVILLE,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK PWR LN OVR RVR DRG DSCNT TO PHOTOGRAPH A DEER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22N
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC12-D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N22NRegistration cancelled Jun 6, 2002 · Taylorcraft 19Airframe modelTaylorcraft 19Engine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N22N · 1
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