- Date
- November 13, 1978
- Place
- Lubbock, TX · LUBBOCK, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N310BJCessna 310J
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781113042779A
- Case key
- 138546
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3988 78/11/13 LUBBOCK,TX CESSNA 310J CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0235 N310BJ PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 22, 1420 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 110 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUBBOCK INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TX LUBBOCK,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 59 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- TOWER ADVISED PLT ACFT WAS 1/2 MILE E OF COURSE DURING ILS APP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N310BJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 310J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lubbock Intl
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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.