- Date
- August 29, 1979
- Place
- Blue Ridge, IN · BLUE RIDGE, IN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N69618Cessna 310
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790829042629A
- Case key
- 196164
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3958 79/8/29 BLUE RIDGE,IN CESSNA 310 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 2400 TIME - 1307 N69618 PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1600 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CINCINNATI,OH INDIANAPOLIS,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- HIGH SPEED STEEP ANGLE DESCENT FROM 8000FT.PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 98MG%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69618
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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