- Date
- January 25, 1977
- Place
- Weyers Cave, VA · WEYERS CAVE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1247ZBeech B95A
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770125001049A
- Case key
- 157157
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0279 77/1/25 WEYERS CAVE,VA BEECH B95A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 44, 860 TIME - 1600 N1247Z PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 460 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEYERS CAVE,VA WEYERS CAVE,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1247Z
- Reported as
- Beech B95A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1247ZRegistration cancelled May 5, 2015 · Beech B95AAirframe modelBeech B95AEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1247Z · 1
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