- Date
- August 20, 1979
- Place
- Cresaptown, MD · CRESAPTOWN, MD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7060LCessna 310K
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133715
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3011 79/8/20 NR.CRESAPTOWN,MD CESSNA 310K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, TIME - 1517 N7060L PX- 1 0 0 CORP/EXEC UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 173 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CUMBERLAND,MD CHARLESTON,WV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TKOF IN VFR CONDITIONS.DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF IFR CLEARANCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7060L
- Reported as
- Cessna 310K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7060LRegistration cancelled Dec 2, 2014 · Cessna 310KAirframe modelCessna 310KEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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