- Date
- September 7, 1978
- Place
- Charleston, WV · CHARLESTON, WV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6464QMooney M20F
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780907031039A
- Case key
- 139753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2894 78/9/7 CHARLESTON,WV MOONEY M20F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 900 TIME - 0848 N6464Q PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANAWHA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LATROBE,PA CHARLESTON,WV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 66 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6464Q
- Reported as
- Mooney M20F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kanawha
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.