- Date
- October 4, 1981
- Place
- Eureka, UT · EUREKA, UT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5809XCessna 310
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811004065389A
- Case key
- 122681
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3542 81/10/4 NR.EUREKA,UT CESSNA 310 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 12500 TIME - 1145 N5809X PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EVANSTON,WY OXNARD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CRASHED IN LVL FLT NR TOP OF 9274FT MTN.ALTIMETER SET AT 30.08,SLC ALT SETTING-29.93.FND 10/6/81.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5809X
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5809XRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Cessna 310FAirframe modelCessna 310FEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5809X · 1
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