- Date
- November 29, 1971
- Place
- Charlottsville, VA · CHARLOTTSVILLE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N717ZBeech H18
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164368
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3692 71/11/29 CHARLOTTSVILLE,VA BEECH H18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 15575 TIME - 1400 N717Z PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 485 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLOTTESVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEXINGTON,KY CHARLOTTSVILLE,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INCORRECT TRIM SETTING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- LOST CTL ON GO AROUND FROM LOCALIZER APCH. FULL L RUDDER TRIM AND FULL FWD ELEVATOR TRIM FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N717Z
- Reported as
- Beech H18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Charlottesville
N717ZRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2012 · Beech H-18Airframe modelBeech H-18Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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