- Date
- February 7, 1981
- Place
- Whitesburg, KY · WHITESBURG, KY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2765GCessna 182B
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810207003259A
- Case key
- 126912
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0427 81/2/7 NR.WHITESBURG,KY CESSNA 182B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 700 TIME - 2030 N2765G PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITESBURG MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLARKSBURG,WV GATLINBURG,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN STALL: SPIN LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WITNESSES RPRTD RAIN,FOG & LOW CEILINGS AT TIME OF ACDNT.DARK NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2765G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Whitesburg Muni
N2765GRegistration cancelled Sep 21, 2012 · Cessna 182BAirframe modelCessna 182BEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2765G · 1
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