- Date
- August 18, 1976
- Place
- Petersburg, VA · PETERSBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5793GCessna 150H
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760818024819A
- Case key
- 155460
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2388 76/8/18 PETERSBURG,VA CESSNA 150H CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 61 TOTAL TIME - 2245 N5793G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PETERSBURG MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASHLAND,VA PETERSBURG,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING FLAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- ACFT OVERSHOT FINAL APCH PATH AT LOW ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5793G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Petersburg Muni
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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.