Lexington - Charlottesville

On November 29, 1971 at 02:00 PM, Lexington - Charlottesville experienced a crash involving Beechcraft H18, operated by Mercury Aircraft, with the event recorded near Charlottesville Virginia.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On approach to Charlottesville Airport, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions with fog, low ceiling and rain showers. Unable to locate the runway, he decided to initiate a go-around when he lost control of the airplane that nosed down and crashed few dozen yards short of runway. The pilot was slightly injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N717Z, MSN BA-710, year of manufacture 1964.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.0293°, -78.4767°.