- Date
- January 4, 1976
- Place
- Core Banks, NC · CORE BANKS, NC
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4603QCessna 210
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760104000079A
- Case key
- 152014
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0031 76/1/4 CORE BANKS,NC CESSNA 210 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 567 TIME - 1030 N4603Q PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 135 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CORE BANKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORE BANKS,NC GREENSBORO,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 337 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 35K.DRG TKOF ENCTRD STRONG WIND GUST R WING HIT GND.PLT REACHING DWN TO RETRACT GR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4603Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Core Banks
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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.