19771201038349A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 320E · Steptoe, WA · December 1, 1977

Date
December 1, 1977
Place
Steptoe, WA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3431Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA78FA018
Reported as
Cessna 320E
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
630 total115 in this make and model31 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

No eng or system malfunction found. Both eng shutdown. Hit grd after spin recovery.

As the FAA filed it

NO ENG OR SYSTEM MALFUNCTION FOUND.BOTH ENG SHUTDOWN.HIT GRD AFTER SPIN RECOVERY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.