- Date
- October 24, 1976
- Place
- Hot Springs, VA · HOT SPRINGS, VA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2WPCessna 401
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761024037239A
- Case key
- 156576
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3968 76/10/24 HOT SPRINGS,VA CESSNA 401 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 6400 TIME - 0805 N2WP PX- 0 0 4 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INGALS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIA,SC HOT SPRINGS,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 38 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DSCND BELOW DH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2WP
- Reported as
- Cessna 401
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ingals Field
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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.