- Date
- November 21, 1978
- Place
- Dayton, OH · DAYTON, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N502SCCessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781121039239A
- Case key
- 139202
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3610 78/11/21 NR.DAYTON,OH CESSNA 421B CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1930 N502SC PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 24, 1030 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 115 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAYTON INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHMOND,IN SIDNEY,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE WEATHER - LOW CEILING TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 36 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 10 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- COPILOT WAS CHIEF PILOT OF COMPANY WITH 4753HRS IN TYPE,18262 HRS TOTAL FLT TIME AND ATP CERT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N502SC
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dayton Intl
FAA reports on this event · 1
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