- Date
- September 16, 1972
- Place
- Williamsport, MD · WILLIAMSPORT, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6472ACessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167618
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1604 72/9/16 WILLIAMSPORT,MD CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 400 TIME - 1340 N6472A PX- 0 1 3 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTHERN CROSS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIAMSPORT,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT 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 TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 80 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- TOOK OFF FROM SHORT ROUGH FLD NEAR MAX GROSS WT,TEMP 80 DEG,WIND LT/VBL.PLT WASNT WEARING GLASSES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6472A
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Southern Cross
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