- Date
- February 6, 1979
- Place
- Chesterfield, VA · CHESTERFIELD, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6576RBeech C23
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790206002379A
- Case key
- 137892
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0229 79/2/6 CHESTERFIELD,VA BEECH C23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 196 TIME - 1830 N6576R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHESTERFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESTERFIELD,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6576R
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chesterfield
N6576RRegistration cancelled Feb 20, 2021 · Beech C23Airframe modelBeech C23Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N6576R · 1
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