- Date
- March 2, 1979
- Place
- Galesburg, IL · GALESBURG, IL
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5384ACessna 310B
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790302017689A
- Case key
- 137218
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2114 79/3/2 GALESBURG,IL CESSNA 310B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1014 N5384A PX- 3 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 65, 9018 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEBANON,TN GALESBURG,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 150 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 16 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5384A
- Reported as
- Cessna 310B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Galesburg Muni
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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.