- Date
- March 26, 1978
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM · SANTA FE, NM
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N417DRCessna 411
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780326026999A
- Case key
- 142104
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2271 78/3/26 NR.SANTA FE,NM CESSNA 411 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 2700 TIME - 1946 N417DR PX- 5 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT HUACHUCA,AZ LAMAR,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- HIT MOUNTAIN 11700FT MSL,LEVEL FLT.RECOVERED 4/2/78.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N417DR
- Reported as
- Cessna 411
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.