- Date
- December 1, 1981
- Place
- The Plains, VA · THE PLAINS, VA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8019RBeech A24R
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811201082479A
- Case key
- 122603
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3432 81/12/1 THE PLAINS,VA BEECH A24R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 2238 TIME - 1418 N8019R PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP JACKSONVILLE,FL WATERTOWN,NY UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 38 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 12/26/81.DULLES ALT SETTING FOR 1900GMT 29.90,ALT IN ACFT FD SET AT 30.48.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8019R
- Reported as
- Beech A24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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