- Date
- October 17, 1968
- Place
- Front Royal, VA · FRONT ROYAL, VA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3524FCessna 182J
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107670
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4369 68/10/17 FRONT ROYAL,VA CESSNA 182J CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 296 TIME - 1911 N3524F PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- STRUCK MNTN SLOPE ON DARK NIGHT. RECOVERY DATE 10/19/68.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3524F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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