- Date
- June 6, 1979
- Place
- Charleston, WV · CHARLESTON, WV
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- AN-BFNDouglas DC-6B
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134993
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0009 79/6/6 CHARLESTON,WV DOUGLAS DC-6B CR- 0 3 0 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0417 AN-BFN PX- 0 0 0 OTHER UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANAWHA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CHARLESTON,WV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CREW NOT TYPE-RATED IN ACFT.APRX 20,000 LBS MARIJUANA ONBOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- AN-BFN
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kanawha