19880118001409A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 402C · Prescott, AZ · January 18, 1988

Date
January 18, 1988 · 09:25 local
Place
Prescott, AZ
Airport
Ernest A Love Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
GPAA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6842Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88LA096
Reported as
Cessna 402C
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520VB
People aboard
9
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,574 total423 in this make and model364 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.

Encountered whiteout conditions landed hard on the snow covered runway. Operations manual prohibits snow landing.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LANDED HARD ON THE SNOW COVERED RUNWAY. OPERATIONS MANUAL PROHIBITS SNOW LANDING.

NTSB investigation

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