- Date
- October 18, 1981
- Place
- Dixon, IL · DIXON, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 31 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N331MVShorts SD3-30
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811018076569I
- Case key
- 122732
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0064 81/10/18 DIXON,IL SHORTS SD3-30 CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1553 N331MV PX- 0 0 29 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 35, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, 551 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL MOLINE,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-PROPELLER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ICE FM PROP PENETRATED WINDOW OF ROW 3 RESULTING IN 1IN DIAMETER HOLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N331MV
- Reported as
- Shorts SD3-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.