- Date
- October 18, 1975
- Place
- Afton, VA · AFTON, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8061RBeech C23
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751018040369A
- Case key
- 151516
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3634 75/10/18 NR.AFTON,VA BEECH C23 CR- 1 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 35, 436 TIME - 1223 N8061R PX- 0 1 1 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SEARCH MISSION,PLT ATTN DIVERTED TO GND OBJECT.UN CLB ABV RISING TRRN.HIT MTN ABT 2000FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8061R
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- 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.