- Date
- March 17, 1972
- Place
- Crewe, VA · CREWE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2586YCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165407
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0016 72/3/17 CREWE,VA CESSNA 172 CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 695 TIME - 2113 N2586Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CREWE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMVILLE,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- HIT TREES ABOUT 1200 FT FROM STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2586Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Crewe Muni
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