- Date
- October 23, 1970
- Place
- Coles Point, VA · COLES POINT, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6394NChampion 7ECA
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174768
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2386 70/10/23 NR.COLES POINT,VA CHAMPION 7ECA CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - UNK/NR N6394N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 32, 1368 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 18 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHMOND,VA EDGEWOOD ARSENAL,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- RCVRY DATE 12/6/70.ADVERSE WX FCSTD AFTER 0500 GMT.NIGHT DARK,R WING HIT 50FT HI PINE TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6394N
- Reported as
- Champion 7ECA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sanford
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