- Date
- October 24, 1975
- Place
- Berryville, AR · BERRYVILLE, AR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N100QUCessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751024041349A
- Case key
- 151945
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4156 75/10/24 NR.BERRYVILLE,AR CESSNA 421B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 6700 TIME - 1328 N100QU PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARAPAHOE,CO PADUCHA,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HAIL WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS HAIL, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 66 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO KNOWN TSTM COND. ACFT DISINTEGRATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N100QU
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.