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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 421C · Decatur, AR · March 20, 1980

Date
March 20, 1980 · 23:23 local
Place
Decatur, AR
Airport
Crystal Lake
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N31LP
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW80FA056
Reported as
Cessna 421C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
28,260 total610 in this make and model752 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Struck wires on approach to airport. Impacted hill adjacent to runway. Patchy dense ground fog in area.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK WIRES ON APPROACH TO AIRPORT. IMPACTED HILL ADJACENT TO RUNWAY. PATCHY DENSE GROUND FOG IN AREA.

NTSB investigation

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