- Date
- May 8, 1979
- Place
- Rock Springs, WY · ROCK SPRINGS, WY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N340MECessna 340
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790508013789A
- Case key
- 135718
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1430 79/5/8 ROCK SPRINGS,WY CESSNA 340 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 3300 TIME - 1227 N340ME PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1205 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCK SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREAT FALLS,MT ROCK SPRINGS,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING SNOW HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 33 230 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- VOR APPROACH RWY25.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N340ME
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rock Springs
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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.