- Date
- December 5, 1977
- Place
- Jessup, MD · JESSUP, MD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4612VVarga 2150A
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771205038389A
- Case key
- 144308
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3702 77/12/5 JESSUP,MD VARGA 2150A CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0936 N4612V PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 44, 1485 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 307 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BWI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT CREW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 36 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 80 16 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- BWI WX FCSTD IFR AFTR 0800.ALL INST MOUNTED FRNT PANEL,I/P REAR SEAT.NO DE-ICE/ANTI-ICE EQPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4612V
- Reported as
- Varga 2150A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bwi
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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.