- Date
- August 10, 1969
- Place
- Stafford, VA · STAFFORD, VA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3143DCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169800
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2322 69/8/10 STAFFORD,VA CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 168 TIME - 1925 N3143D PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- CIRCLING FARM AREA FOR INTENDED LDG ACFT STRUCK TREE DURING DESCENDING TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3143D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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