- Date
- March 14, 1979
- Place
- Columbus, OH · COLUMBUS, OH
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8061JAerostar 601P
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 136313
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3660 79/3/14 COLUMBUS,OH AEROSTAR 601P CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 469 TIME - 0930 N8061J PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 82 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OHIO STATE UNIV DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOGANSPORT,IN COLUMBUS,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 17 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SIGMET & AIRMET WARNED OF ICG CONDS IN CLDS ABV FRZG LVL.ACFT NOT CERTD FOR FLT IN KNOWN ICG COND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8061J
- Reported as
- Aerostar 601P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ohio State Univ
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