19810121000889A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 500CESSNA · Bluefield, WV · January 21, 1981

Date
January 21, 1981 · 08:44 local
Place
Bluefield, WV
Airport
Mercer Co
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N501GP
NTSB investigation
NTSBDCA81AA007
Reported as
Cessna 500CESSNA
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
10,463 total3,642 in this make and model84 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.

Landed downwind on snow and ice-covered runway. Conditions exceeded stop distance. Belated go-around. Ran off end.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED DOWNWIND ON SNOW AND ICE-COVERED RUNWAY. CONDITIONS EXCEEDED STOP DISTANCE. BELATED GO-AROUND. RAN OFF END.

NTSB investigation

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