- Date
- September 26, 1976
- Place
- Hot Springs, VA · HOT SPRINGS, VA
- Injuries
- 11 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N500JGrumman G-1159
- Status
- Completed
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19760926042659A
- Case key
- 79850
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4129 76/9/26 HOT SPRINGS,VA GRUMMAN G-1159 CR- 3 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1038 N500J PX- 8 0 0 CORP/EXEC 54, 16982 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 523 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INGALLS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRENTON,NJ HOT SPRINGS,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N500J
- Reported as
- Grumman G-1159
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ingalls Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.