- Date
- January 12, 1979
- Place
- Martinsville, IN · MARTINSVILLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N79DCSpartan 7W
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137705
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0130 79/1/12 MARTINSVILLE,IN SPARTAN 7W CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 7813 TIME - 1720 N79DC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 157 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASSIDY LDG STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIANAPOLIS,IN MARTINSVILLE,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79DC
- Reported as
- Spartan 7W
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cassidy Ldg Strip