- Date
- January 21, 1981
- Place
- Sugar Grove, IL · SUGAR GROVE, IL
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N26711Cessna 340A
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810121002899A
- Case key
- 126553
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1063 81/1/21 SUGAR GROVE,IL CESSNA 340A CR- 0 2 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1107 N26711 PX- 0 1 0 TEST AGE 37, 5498 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 69 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AURORA MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUGAR GROVE,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE INDUCTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. AIRFRAME BUFFET ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS FREEZING RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 28 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 350 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- TEST FLT CHECK OF RADIOS & PRESSURIZATION.233LBS OVR MAX WT AT TKOF,WITHIN LIMITS AT TIME OF ACCD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26711
- Reported as
- Cessna 340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Aurora Municipal
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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.