- Date
- October 24, 1968
- Place
- Hopewell, VA · HOPEWELL, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N348ECessna 401
- Status
- Completed · report December 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108011
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3762 68/10/24 HOPEWELL,VA CESSNA 401 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0850 N348E PX- 0 1 3 CORP/EXEC AGE 36, 6976 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 169 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOPEWELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 61 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 20 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT DID NOT EXECUTE MISSED APPCH WHEN RNWY NOT IN SIGHT. SMOKE FROM FACTORY AND FOG REDUCED VIZ.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N348E
- Reported as
- Cessna 401
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hopewell
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.