- Date
- January 1, 1978
- Place
- Pearisburg, VA · PEARISBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N303JRCessna 182K
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780101012379A
- Case key
- 143797
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0330 78/1/1 PEARISBURG,VA CESSNA 182K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 1300 TIME - 1335 N303JR PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 900 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JEKYLL ISLAND,GA AKRON,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 40 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N303JR
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- New River Valley
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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.