- Date
- March 11, 1980
- Place
- Waynesboro, VA · WAYNESBORO, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2286ECessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800311005099A
- Case key
- 131753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0259 80/3/11 WAYNESBORO,VA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 179 TIME - 1305 N2286E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 164 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAYNESBORO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANASSAS,VA WAYNESBORO,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- X-WIND KNOWN TO BE IN EXCESS OF ACFT LIMITS.WIND GUSTING 35K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2286E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Waynesboro
N2286ERegistration cancelled Jan 8, 2013 · Cessna 172NAirframe modelCessna 172NEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.