- Date
- October 19, 1975
- Place
- Fredericksburg, VA · FREDERICKSBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8728ZCessna P206D
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751019034299A
- Case key
- 151939
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4148 75/10/19 FREDERICKSBURG,VA CESSNA P206D CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0623 N8728Z PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 41, 1808 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 75 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHANNON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWBURG,MD FREDERICKSBURG,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - WIND SHEAR WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS GROUND FOG CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- ENCTRD GND FOG 1000 FT AGL,DSCNT CONT BLO MDA STRUCK TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8728Z
- Reported as
- Cessna P206D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Shannon
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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.