- Date
- February 18, 1976
- Place
- Sinclair, WY · SINCLAIR, WY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3440QCessna 320E
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760218006329A
- Case key
- 152740
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0518 76/2/18 SINCLAIR,WY CESSNA 320E CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0845 N3440Q PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 41, 1601 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 271 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RAWLINS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHEYENNE,WY RETURN RAWLINS,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 20 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 28 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR SPECIAL VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SNOW BEGAN 0817 LST.PEAK SURFACE WINDS 40KTS AT 0836 LST.ICE ACCUMULATED ON GROUND VECHICLES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3440Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 320E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rawlins Muni
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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.