- Date
- January 16, 1980
- Place
- Winthrop Hbr, IL · WINTHROP HBR, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N40AKCessna 310Q
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800116000679A
- Case key
- 132278
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0118 80/1/16 WINTHROP HBR,IL CESSNA 310Q CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 757 TIME - 1345 N40AK PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 221 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAUKEGAN MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ADDISON,TX. WINTHROP HBR,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 49 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40AK
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Waukegan Memorial
N40AKRegistration cancelled Jul 2, 2013 · Cessna 310QAirframe modelCessna 310QEngine modelContinental I0-470 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.