- Date
- April 24, 1979
- Place
- St. Francis, WI · ST. FRANCIS, WI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6485NCessna T210N
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790424016059A
- Case key
- 135873
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1736 79/4/24 ST. FRANCIS,WI CESSNA T210N CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N6485N PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 66, 4384 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 41 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GEN. MITCHELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAITHERSBURG,MD ST. FRANCIS,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: MISSED APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 54 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6485N
- Reported as
- Cessna T210N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gen. Mitchell
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.