- Date
- December 26, 1972
- Place
- Lexington, KY · LEXINGTON, KY
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3021LCessna 310J
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169183
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4091 72/12/26 LEXINGTON,KY CESSNA 310J CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 4570 TIME - 1454 N3021L PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 520 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITAL CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VANDALLIA,ILL FRANKFURT,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE 800 2 MILES OR LESS PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE SNOW HAZE TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 33 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HIT GND COLLAPSING STRUT,BOUNCED BACK INTO AIR.MADE EMERG LDG,ADDL DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3021L
- Reported as
- Cessna 310J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capital City