- Date
- November 27, 1977
- Place
- Belington, WV · BELINGTON, WV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3480YCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771127040719A
- Case key
- 144132
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3938 77/11/27 BELINGTON,WV CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1537 N3480Y PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 48, 16300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELINGTON,WV LAWRENCE,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 8000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3480Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.