- Date
- March 16, 1973
- Place
- Montvale, VA · MONTVALE, VA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N38006Cessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730316008089A
- Case key
- 169815
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0447 73/3/16 MONTVALE,VA CESSNA 172E CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 148 TIME - 2005 N38006 PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.EUSTIS,VA ROANOKE,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 FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- 1ST FLT INTO MTNS.RECOVERED 3/23/73.WEA BRIEF FELKER AAF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38006
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.