- Date
- February 28, 1980
- Place
- Dowagiac, MI · DOWAGIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4619NCessna 402B
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800228004679A
- Case key
- 132303
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0142 80/2/28 DOWAGIAC,MI CESSNA 402B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 4301 TIME - 1536 N4619N PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 240 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASS COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DOWAGIAC,MI YOUNGSTOWN,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 29 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 9 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- LOSS OF FUEL & MANIFOLD PRESS OF L ENG DRG LIFTOFF.ABORTED TO AVOID ENG MALF IN WX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4619N
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cass County
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.