ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 38760
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Date: | Friday 23 June 1995 |
Time: | 20:16 LT |
Type: | Cessna 182P |
Owner/operator: | Steven E Weisbrod |
Registration: | N1284S |
MSN: | 18264852 |
Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-S |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Frederick, MD -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Richmond, VA (KRIC) |
Destination airport: | Clearview, MD (2W2) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The pilot received two preflight weather briefings that indicated the weather en route was IFR, and that flight precautions existed along his route of flight. He was advised that VFR flight was not recommended. The airplane collided with trees in mountainous terrain and was destroyed by fire. According to FAA records, the pilot reported that he saw the ground through a hole in the clouds, and requested a descent. He was told that the minimum vector altitude west of his destination was 4000 feet MSL due to high terrain. Postaccident examination of the aircraft revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunction. The pilot was not instrument rated for airplanes. He possessed an instrument rating for helicopters.
Probable Cause: the pilot's continued flight into known adverse weather during descent, which resulted in in-flight collision with terrain. Related factors were the pilot's disregard of a hazardous weather advisory, and the low ceilings, fog and drizzle.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | BFO95FA071 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB BFO95FA071
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
09-Apr-2024 14:17 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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