- Date
- September 25, 1972
- Place
- Fairfield, IL · FAIRFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8900ZCessna 310G
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168547
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2626 72/9/25 FAIRFIELD,ILL CESSNA 310G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1300 N8900Z PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 29, 2053 TOTAL HOURS, 505 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CINCINATTI,OHIO SALT LAKE CTY,UTAH QUINCY,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8900Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 310G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8900ZRegistration cancelled Jul 17, 2020 · Cessna 310GAirframe modelCessna 310GEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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Other investigations on N8900Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.