- Date
- August 8, 1978
- Place
- Edgewater, MD · EDGEWATER, MD
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N250MPUnited Cons UC-1
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780808036609A
- Case key
- 139446
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4060 78/8/8 EDGEWATER,MD UNITED CONS UC-1 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 5659 TIME - 0915 N250MP PX- 0 1 1 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 1348 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDGEWATER,MD EASTON,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 78 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 9 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT TRIED TO TURN BACK TO FIELD RATHER THAN LAND STRAIGHT AHEAD IN WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N250MP
- Reported as
- United Cons UC-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lee
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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.