- Date
- May 13, 1971
- Place
- Hillsboro, VA · HILLSBORO, VA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7193MCessna 175
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161136
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0482 71/5/13 HILLSBORO,VA CESSNA 175 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 900 TIME - 1920 N7193M PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BIRCH HOLLOW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DULLES INTL ARPT,DC MARTINSBURG,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN CONTROLLED VFR REMARKS- PLT WAS ADVISED BY FSS WEA WAS IFR. FLEW INTO RAIN SHWRS ENROUTE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7193M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Birch Hollow
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