- Date
- October 3, 1970
- Place
- Taplin, WV · TAPLIN, WV
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2941FCessna 182J
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158433
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3979 70/10/3 TAPLIN,W VA CESSNA 182J CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 681 TIME - 0825 N2941F PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 102 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCDONALD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAPLIN,W VA ROANOKE,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- T/O MADE FROM FLD BORDERED BY MTN RIDGES ON EACH SIDE,INTO FOG. NO INST PROC FOR FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2941F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcdonald
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