19790111000679A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 421 · Craig, CO · January 11, 1979

Date
January 11, 1979 · 09:00 local
Place
Craig, CO
Airport
Craig Moffat
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N200CH
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN79FA014
Reported as
Cessna 421
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,419 total30 in this make and model20 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.

Aircrft landed on snow covered runway. Wing struck snowbank causing landing gear to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRFT LANDED ON SNOW COVERED RUNWAY. WING STRUCK SNOWBANK CAUSING LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

NTSB investigation

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