- Date
- March 20, 1980
- Place
- Decatur, AR · DECATUR, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N31LPCessna 421C
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800320006189A
- Case key
- 131884
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0432 80/3/20 DECATUR,AR CESSNA 421C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2323 N31LP PX- 1 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 48, 28260 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 610 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITTLE ROCK,AR DECATUR,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 39 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT CNLD IFR PLN BFR ACDNT.COLLIDED W WIRE DRG GO-ARND.FOG ON RWY SURFACE.RWY LGTS ON,VASI INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31LP
- Reported as
- Cessna 421C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Crystal Lake
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.