# Accident 19810121000889A: Cessna 500CESSNA, Bluefield, WV, January 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1981, 08:44 local time
- Place: Bluefield, WV
- Airport: Mercer Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2959° N, 81.2075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERCER COUNTY (BLF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2959&lon=-81.2075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501GP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N501GP-1981-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 500 (registry code 2076602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 10,463 total, 3,642 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA81AA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA81AA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810121000889A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA81AA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA81AA007), Jan 21, 1981: Cessna 500 (N501GP), Bluefield, WV, destroyed, 5 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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