- Date
- June 26, 1976
- Place
- Saluda, VA · SALUDA, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N808RJBowers F-BABY
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760626015749A
- Case key
- 154090
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1324 76/6/26 SALUDA,VA BOWERS F-BABY CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1690 TIME - 2015 N808RJ PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAMP NIMCOCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWPORT NEWS,VA SALUDA,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD TURBULENCE ABT 100FT ABV THE GND.ACFT ROLLED PLT UN CK DSCNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N808RJ
- Reported as
- Bowers F-BABY
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Camp Nimcock
N808RJRegistration cancelled Jul 21, 1977 · Marshall BOWERS FLY BABYAirframe modelMarshall BOWERS FLY BABY
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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.
Other investigations on N808RJ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.