- Date
- November 19, 1979
- Place
- Castle Rock, CO · CASTLE ROCK, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N555AJCessna 500
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791119041989A
- Case key
- 132866
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4010 79/11/19 CASTLE ROCK,CO CESSNA 500 CR- 1 1 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2015 N555AJ PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 29, 1751 TOTAL HOURS, 61 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,NM CASTLE ROCK,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 34 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 30 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT UPGRADED TO L SEAT 6DAYS PRIOR.CO-PLT CERTIFIED 2DAYS PRIOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N555AJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Arapahoe County
N555AJRegistration cancelled Sep 30, 2013 · Cessna 500Airframe modelCessna 500Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 series
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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.