- Date
- February 7, 1981
- Place
- Chapel Hill, NC · CHAPEL HILL, NC
- Injuries
- 7 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8682KCessna 340A
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810207002999A
- Case key
- 127005
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0712 81/2/7 CHAPEL HILL,NC CESSNA 340A CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 12500 TIME - 1910 N8682K PX- 5 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HORACE WILLIAMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,DC CHAPEL HILL,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 30 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- MANEUVERING FOR CONTACT APCH.LOADED NR AFT CG LMT,554LBS OVER MAX GROSS WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8682K
- Reported as
- Cessna 340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Horace Williams
N8682KRegistration cancelled Oct 26, 2017 · Cessna 340AAirframe modelCessna 340AEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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