- Date
- July 28, 1973
- Place
- Mann, WV · MANN, WV
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7074GCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730728023239A
- Case key
- 189385
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2211 73/7/28 MANN,W VA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1091 TIME - 0633 N7074G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 308 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCDONALD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANN,W VA LORIAN,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO OBSCURED MTN.PLT CALLED FSS THEN TOOK CAR & DROVE DOWN MTN VALLEY TO LOOK AT WEA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7074G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mcdonald
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.