- Date
- February 11, 1981
- Place
- White Plains, NY · WHITE PLAINS, NY
- Injuries
- 8 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N520SLockheed 1329
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19810211003539A
- Case key
- 126521
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1801 81/2/11 WHITE PLAINS,NY LOCKHEED 1329 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1840 N520S PX- 6 0 0 CORP/EXEC 63, 24000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 4500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTCHESTER CNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WHITE PLAINS,NY RETURN TORONTO,CANADA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - WIND SHEAR WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 53 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT DISTRACTED AS A RESULT OF A MAJOR ELECT SYST FAILURE.UNDETECTED DEVIATION OF FLIGHTPATH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N520S
- Reported as
- Lockheed 1329
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Westchester Cnty
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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