- Date
- September 1, 1975
- Place
- Kysers Ridge, MD · KYSERS RIDGE, MD
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N727WKinner B-1
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750901030909A
- Case key
- 150842
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2672 75/9/1 KYSERS RIDGE,MD KINNER B-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1775 TIME - 1700 N727W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ZANESVILLE,OH FRIENDLY,MD OAKLAND,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT-METRO COND NOT ADEQUATE FOR TRRN ASSESSMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- STRUCK HILL WHILE ATMTG 180 DEG TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N727W
- Reported as
- Kinner B-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N727WRegistered now · Kinner SPORTSTER B-1Airframe modelKinner SPORTSTER B-1Engine modelKinner B5 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.