- Date
- December 15, 1979
- Place
- Brandy Station, VA · BRANDY STATION, VA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3139UCessna 182F
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791215035619A
- Case key
- 132108
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3456 79/12/15 BRANDY STATION,VA CESSNA 182F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 134 TIME - 1030 N3139U PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - T I MARTIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRANDY STATION,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3139U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- T I Martin
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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.