- Date
- September 23, 1976
- Place
- Front Royal, VA · FRONT ROYAL, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53232Boeing D75N1
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760923039849A
- Case key
- 156114
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3969 76/9/23 FRONT ROYAL,VA BOEING D75N1 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 300 TIME - 1745 N53232 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARREN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTMINISTER,MD LURAY,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL O.16 PER CENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53232
- Reported as
- Boeing D75N1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Warren County
N53232Registration cancelled Dec 5, 2001 · Boeing D75N1Airframe modelBoeing D75N1Engine modelContinental W670 series
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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 N53232 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL95LA107Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFayetteville, GAA malfunction of the carburetor needle valve which resulted in fuel starvation to the engine.NTSB ATL92LA128Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportStockbridge, GAThe improper compensation for the downwind condition by the pilot in command. A factor in the accident was the improper in flight planning to attempt a downwind landing on the short runway with rising terrain by the pilot in command.NTSB MKC67F0135Accident · No injuriesClosedNewton, KS