- Date
- May 23, 1976
- Place
- Waynesboro, VA · WAYNESBORO, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5248GCessna 305
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760523012389A
- Case key
- 154155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1002 76/5/23 WAYNESBORO,VA CESSNA 305 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 52, 610 TIME - 1205 N5248G PX- 0 0 1 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAYNESBORO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAYNESBORO,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING REMARKS- ACFT VEERED L OFF RWY HIT ADJ RWY LIGHT CONE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5248G
- Reported as
- Cessna 305
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waynesboro
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.