- Date
- May 20, 1977
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4153QCessna 310N
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770520017019A
- Case key
- 158130
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1228 77/5/20 AMARILLO,TX CESSNA 310N CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 15000 TIME - 0938 N4153Q PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AMARILLO AIR TERM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMARILLO,TX MINERAL WELLS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 62 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR (VFR CONDITIONS ON TOP)
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4153Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Amarillo Air Term
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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.