- Date
- January 12, 1975
- Place
- Wise, VA · WISE, VA
- Injuries
- 7 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N100KCCessna 411A
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1976
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19750112043189A
- Case key
- 79568
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0512 75/1/12 WISE,VA CESSNA 411A CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 786 TIME - 1950 N100KC PX- 5 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONESOME PINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVANNAH,GA PONTIAC,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS FREEZING RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- UN CLMB TO SAFE ALT.ATC FAILED TO SEEK SPECIFIC INFO RE DTRTN OF PLT,ACFT ABILITIES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N100KC
- Reported as
- Cessna 411A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lonesome Pine
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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