- Date
- January 9, 1979
- Place
- Spanish Forks, UT · SPANISH FORKS, UT
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5469GCessna 421C
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790109034819A
- Case key
- 136949
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3101 79/1/9 NR.SPANISH FORKS, UT CESSNA 421C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 2629 TIME - 1710 N5469G PX- 4 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PROVO,UT SAN FRANCISCO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS BLOWING SNOW IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- MTNS OBSCURED.RECOVERY DATE 1/13/79.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5469G
- Reported as
- Cessna 421C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Provo Muni
N5469GRegistration cancelled Apr 18, 2013 · Cessna 421CAirframe modelCessna 421CEngine modelContinental GTSI0-520-F-K
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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.