- Date
- March 28, 1973
- Place
- Burnsville, NC · BURNSVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2938FCessna 182J
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730328007739A
- Case key
- 170291
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0742 73/3/28 NR.BURNSVILLE,NC CESSNA 182J CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - UNK/NR N2938F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 50, 2954 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 73 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELEANOR,W VA CANNON,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OTHER TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE 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 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- 2500-5000FT CIGS FCSTD OVR W PTNS OF NC.HIT MTN 6000FT ELEV.AUTOPILOT ON,CRUISE MODE.RCVRD 4/14/73
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2938F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2938F · 1
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