- Date
- February 17, 1978
- Place
- Fort Smith, AR · FORT SMITH, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N972ACCessna 310Q
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780217002049A
- Case key
- 143511
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0038 78/2/17 FORT SMITH,AR CESSNA 310Q CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1522 N972AC PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 47, 5600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FORT SMITH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT SMITH,AR KANSAS CITY,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 31 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- AFTR TKOF PLT RPRTD ATT INDC NOT FUNCT & ACFT MUSHY,RETURNING TO LAND.ATT INDC CKD OK AFTR ACDNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N972AC
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fort Smith Muni
N972ACRegistration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Cessna 310QAirframe modelCessna 310QEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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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.