- Date
- June 7, 1979
- Place
- Woodbridge, VA · WOODBRIDGE, VA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N18969Beech C24R
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790607016669A
- Case key
- 135665
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1279 79/6/7 WOODBRIDGE,VA BEECH C24R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 163 TIME - 1120 N18969 PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODBRIDGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NORFOLK,VA WATERBURY,CT WOODBRIDGE,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT ON RWY.GR DOWN LATE.MADE STEEP L TURN AT LOW ALT.CRASHED INTO PARKED ACFT,N1686H-DESTROYED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18969
- Reported as
- Beech C24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Woodbridge
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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.