- Date
- June 3, 1978
- Place
- Pueblo, CO · PUEBLO, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N221RACessna 421
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780603016109A
- Case key
- 141454
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1809 78/6/3 PUEBLO,CO CESSNA 421 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 4218 TIME - 1503 N221RA PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 13 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ANA,CA WICHITA,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HAIL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HAIL WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 2700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO HAIL, RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N221RA
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.