- Date
- October 18, 1976
- Place
- Newport News, VA · NEWPORT NEWS, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N776CStinson 108
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761018032259A
- Case key
- 155951
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3047 76/10/18 NEWPORT NEWS,VA STINSON 108 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 420 TIME - 1926 N776C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PATRICK HENRY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTSMOUTH,VA NEWPORT NEWS,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- MISTOOK AIRPORT SERVICE ROAD FOR RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N776C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Patrick Henry
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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.