- Date
- December 17, 1974
- Place
- Volney, VA · VOLNEY, VA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N34477Cessna 177B
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741217040889A
- Case key
- 144961
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4095 74/12/17 VOLNEY,VA CESSNA 177B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 346 TIME - 1810 N34477 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUSCALOOSA,ALA ROANOKE,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- SPIRAL DESCENT THROUGH HOLE IN CLOUDS.SAW TREES TOO LATE TO AVOID COLLISION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34477
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.