- Date
- February 10, 1982, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Spanish Fork, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5439JCessna 421B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820210003109A
- Case key
- 72658
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The aircraft tookoff from an airport with slush on the runway, about 10 minutes later, the pilot landed at another airport. The runway at the destination airport was covered with dry snow. During touchdown, the aircraft veered left and hit a snowbank beside the runway. The landing gear failed and the aircraft slid to a stop. An investigation revealed the left wheel and brake assembly were frozen. Ice was found on the aft portion of the brake housing, brake fitting, and flex line.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5439J
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 1,275
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520H, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- E. A. Miller&Sons Packing Co.
- Registered owner
- E. A. Miller&Sons Packing Co.
- Departed
- Provo, UT
- Destination
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Spanish Fork, runway 12, 2,921 × 75 ft, macadam
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,753 total · 2,543 in this make and model · 2,543 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.