- Date
- August 20, 1980
- Place
- Petersburg, AK · PETERSBURG, AK
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N110RACessna 340A
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19800820040949A
- Case key
- 80139
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2793 80/8/20 NR.PETERSBURG,AK CESSNA 340A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1310 TIME - 1933 N110RA PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 850 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KETCHIKAN,AK PETERSBURG,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PLT RPRTD HE WAS HAVING ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS,LOSING TAIL OF ACFT.ACFT DMG & INJ INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N110RA
- Reported as
- Cessna 340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Petersburg
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.