- Date
- December 26, 1979
- Place
- Eagle.Co, CO · EAGLE.CO, CO
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N100RVCessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791226037779A
- Case key
- 132137
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4021 79/12/26 EAGLE.CO CESSNA 421B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 3052 TIME - 1236 N100RV PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 358 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAGLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EAGLE.CO SUN VALLEY,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- PLT RADIOED JUST AFTR TKOF HE WAS RETURNING,HAD DOOR OPEN.R NOSE DOOR LOCK IN UNLOCKED PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N100RV
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Eagle
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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.