- Date
- February 16, 1978
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N39LCessna 340
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780216004819A
- Case key
- 158632
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0345 78/2/16 AMARILLO,TX CESSNA 340 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1599 TIME - 1349 N39L PX- 1 3 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 258 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ENID,OK AMARILLO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 26 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39L
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- 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.