- Date
- December 11, 1971
- Place
- Buckhannon, WV · BUCKHANNON, WV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2501YCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164412
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3626 71/12/11 BUCKHANNON,W VA CESSNA 172 CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N2501Y PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 32, 1391 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 28 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUCKHANNON,W VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- ACFT DSNDD INTO RISING TRRN WHILE ON BASE LEG TO ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2501Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lewis Field
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