- Date
- November 25, 1979
- Place
- Fort Wayne, IN · FORT WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2034SCessna 210L
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791125040339A
- Case key
- 133147
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3390 79/11/25 FORT WAYNE,IN CESSNA 210L CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 1188 TIME - 2038 N2034S PX- 2 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1061 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORT WAYNE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEXINGTON,KY FORT WAYNE,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 43 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 100 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2034S
- Reported as
- Cessna 210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fort Wayne Muni
N2034SRegistration cancelled Jul 10, 2009 · Cessna 210LAirframe modelCessna 210LEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.