- Date
- November 23, 1977
- Place
- Richmond, VA · RICHMOND, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2686RCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771123043139A
- Case key
- 144725
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3842 77/11/23 RICHMOND,VA CESSNA 182 CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 288 TIME - 1826 N2686R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 88 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHARD E BYRD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTINGBURG,IN RICHMOND,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- PLT NOT CURRENT FOR INSTRUMENT FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2686R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Richard E Byrd
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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.