Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary BFO88LA006

FRONT ROYAL, VA, USA

Aircraft #1

N756KP

CESSNA U-206

Aircraft #2

N95707

CESSNA 152

Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN A MIDAIR COLLISION WITH N95707 A CESSNA 152 AIRCRAFT, WHILE BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE ON THE FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27 AT THE UNCONTROLLED FRONT ROYAL, VA AIRPORT. EXCELLENT VFR WEATHER PREVAILED WITH 15 MILES VISIBILITY REPORTED. NEITHER PILOT WAS IN POSITION TO OBSERVE THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION BUT BOTH HAD BEEN IN POSITION TO OBSERVE THE OTHER BEFORE TURNING ONTO THE FINAL APPROACHES. N756KP MADE A SAFE LANDING AT THE DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. N95707 EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ELEVATOR CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT INTO THE TERRAIN.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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