- Date
- February 5, 1980
- Place
- Bloomington, IL · BLOOMINGTON, IL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N340FSCessna 340
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800205003039A
- Case key
- 132271
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0038 80/2/5 BLOOMINGTON,IL CESSNA 340 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1900 N340FS PX- 0 0 4 CORP/EXEC 38, 6674 TOTAL HOURS, 294 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOOMINGTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAST ST. LOUIS,IL BLOOMINGTON,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYSTEMS: WINDSHIELD ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYSTEMS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - PARTIAL BRIEFING BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE/RADIO, LIMITED BY PILOT ACTION WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS FREEZING RAIN, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES BLOWING SNOW 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N340FS
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bloomington
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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.