- Date
- February 1, 1979
- Place
- Craig, CO · CRAIG, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1198SSwearingen SA26T
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790201002029A
- Case key
- 137062
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1003 79/2/1 CRAIG,CO SWEARINGEN SA26T CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1020 N1198S PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG 32, 4070 TOTAL HOURS, 450 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRAIG MOFFATT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO HAYDEN,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1198S
- Reported as
- Swearingen SA26T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Craig Moffatt
N1198SRegistration cancelled Jun 6, 2013 · Swearingen SA26-TAirframe modelSwearingen SA26-TEngine modelU/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP
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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.