- Date
- March 23, 1973
- Place
- Forest, VA · FOREST, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5255GCessna 305A
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730323006689A
- Case key
- 170661
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0820 73/3/23 FOREST,VA CESSNA 305A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 43, 467 TIME - 1600 N5255G PX- 0 0 1 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW LONDON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FOREST,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- UN CLB ABV TREES,PLT CUT PWR HIT TREES AT GND LVL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5255G
- Reported as
- Cessna 305A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New London
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5255G · 1
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