- Date
- November 28, 1976
- Place
- Oxford, NC · OXFORD, NC
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N360WLCessna 210
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761128042289A
- Case key
- 156638
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3850 76/11/28 OXFORD,NC CESSNA 210 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N360WL PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 21, 644 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OXFORD HENDERSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILMINGTON,DE SAVANNAH,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 60 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- COM DIFFICULTIES,ERRATIC DART PLOT,LOST TRANSPONDER REPLY SUGGEST POSSIBLE ELECT SYST FAILURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N360WL
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oxford Henderson
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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.