- Date
- March 24, 1969
- Place
- Gaithersburg, MD · GAITHERSBURG, MD
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7954UCessna 172F
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189317
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1107 69/3/24 GAITHERSBURG,MD CESSNA 172F CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2204 N7954U PX- 0 0 1 DUAL AGE 47, 3163 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 35 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTGOMERY COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 53 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- PLT STATED HE WAS FLYING IN AND OUT OF CLOUDS.ACFT STRUCK HIGH TENSION WIRES 133 FT ABOVE GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7954U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Montgomery County
N7954URegistration cancelled Jul 23, 2013 · Cessna 172FAirframe modelCessna 172FEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N7954U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.