- Date
- March 13, 1980
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1065QCessna 310H
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800313018799A
- Case key
- 132363
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0204 80/3/13 INDIANAPOLIS,IN CESSNA 310H CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 2000 TIME - 1035 N1065Q PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INDIANAPOLIS INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIANAPOLIS,IN MEMPHIS,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 33 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1065Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Indianapolis Intl
N1065QRegistration cancelled Jun 25, 2009 · Cessna 310HAirframe modelCessna 310HEngine 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.