- Date
- March 4, 1976
- Place
- Lexington Park, MD · LEXINGTON PARK, MD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10GSmith Mini
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760304002619A
- Case key
- 152600
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0096 76/3/4 LEXINGTON PARK,MD SMITH MINI CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 1026 TIME - 1615 N10G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PARK HALL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEXINGTON PARK,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 49 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- VIS EST 1/16 MI IN FOG BANK APCHG ARPT.ACFT OBSVD ENTR FOG BANK,TURN,BFR HI RATE OF DSCNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10G
- Reported as
- Smith Mini
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Park Hall
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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.