- Date
- June 19, 1979
- Place
- Charleston, WV · CHARLESTON, WV
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N69733Cessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790619030989A
- Case key
- 135538
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2658 79/6/19 CHARLESTON,WV CESSNA 421B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 2008 TIME - 0813 N69733 PX- 2 2 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 543 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANAWHA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWPORT NEWS,VA CHARLESTON,WV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INCORRECT TRIM SETTING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 64 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 30 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR OTHER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ILS APCH.CRASHED INSIDE OM,1000FT BLO GLIDEPATH.NO MEDICAL,MULTI-ENG OR INSTRUMENT RATINGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69733
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kanawha
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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.