- Date
- August 28, 1967
- Place
- Tangier, VA · TANGIER, VA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114543
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0924 67/8/28 TANGIER,VA CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, TIME - 1328 N9645S PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - *ERROR-INVALID COD VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- ONE OR BOTH PILOTS DEPARTED THEIR ASSIGNED ALTITUDE.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0924 67/8/28 TANGIER,VA CESSNA 182 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 10000 TIME - 1328 N3546U PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 1 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - *ERROR-INVALID COD VERTICAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - NO ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- ONE OR BOTH PILOTS DEPARTED THEIR ASSIGNED ALTITUDE.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N3546U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N9645S
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9645SRegistration cancelled Nov 22, 2017 · Champion 7ECAAirframe modelChampion 7ECAEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.