At 5:04 p.m. eastern standard time on January 3, 1982, a Cessna 414A, N2620L, owned and operated by Ashland Properties, Incorporated, Ashland, Virginia, crashed in a wooded area adjacent to the Hanover County Municipal Airport, Ashland, Virginia. The airplane crashed following an attempted VOR 16 nonprecision approach to runway 16 in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). There was a light drizzle with varying ceilings of 200 feet or less and varying visibility of not more than 1 mile. The eight persons aboard, including the pilot, were killed; the aircraft was destroyed. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot's attempt to maneuver the airplane by visual references when well below the approach minimum descent altitude in limited visibility conditions. The airplane collided with trees during the low altitude maneuvering.


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    Title :

    Aircraft Accident Report - Ashland Properties, Inc., Cessna 414A, N2620L Near Hanover County Airport, Ashland, Virginia, January 3, 1982


    Publication date :

    1982


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English