- Date
- September 23, 1973
- Place
- Charlottesvlle, VA · CHARLOTTESVLLE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N90975Bellanca 8KCAB
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 187877
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3788 73/9/23 NR.CHARLOTTESVLLE,VA BELLANCA 8KCAB CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 36, 475 TIME - 1600 N90975 PX- 0 0 0 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TIFFANY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREDERICK,MD CHARLOTTESVLLE,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD REMARKS- STRUCK POST LAYING IN TALL GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90975
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tiffany
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