- Date
- February 15, 1979
- Place
- Fort Wayne, IN · FORT WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N41114Cessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790215008889A
- Case key
- 137603
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0579 79/2/15 FORT WAYNE,IN CESSNA 421B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1149 N41114 PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 57, 7521 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHERIDAN,IN FORT WAYNE,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD REMARKS- WINDSHIELD ALCOHOL DEICER FOUND EMPTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41114
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Baer Field
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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.
Other investigations on N41114 · 1
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