- Date
- August 9, 1976
- Place
- Norfolk, VA · NORFOLK, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2048QCessna 177RG
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760809025969A
- Case key
- 155458
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2386 76/8/9 NORFOLK,VA CESSNA 177RG CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 5200 TIME - 0640 N2048Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 380 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORFOLK REGIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MELFA,VA NORFOLK,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- ILS APCH,VISUAL SEGMENT,MISCALCULATED APCH ANGLE STABILATOR STRUCK APCH LGTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2048Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Norfolk Regional
N2048QRegistration cancelled Jan 31, 2020 · Cessna 177RGAirframe modelCessna 177RGEngine modelLycoming IO-360-A1B6D
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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.