- Date
- July 25, 1979
- Place
- Montebello, VA · MONTEBELLO, VA
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2860LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790725022769A
- Case key
- 133799
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3334 79/7/25 MONTEBELLO,VA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 57 TOTAL TIME - 1820 N2860L PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAYNESBORO,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- DROPPING CANDY.PLT AT CTLS UNK.OCCUPANTS CLAIM LOSS OF MEMORY FOR EVENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2860L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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