Cessna 172 N9850Q
29 November 1978 · Newport News, Virginia, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 29 November 1978 at about 18:36 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N9850Q, operated by Carrithers, Inc, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Newport News, Virginia, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:36
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Newport News, Virginia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Patrick Henry
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Registration
- N9850Q
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Carrithers, Inc
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Leesburg, Va → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-3835
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
PLT RQSTD & CNTLR APPVD SPCL VFR CLRNCE AT NITE.PLT NOT INST RTD.ALTMTR SET 3005 VICE 2999.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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