- Date
- December 12, 1981
- Place
- Perryton, TX · PERRYTON, TX
- Injuries
- 6 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7574QCessna 421
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811212081529A
- Case key
- 122556
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3381 81/12/12 PERRYTON,TX CESSNA 421 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0700 N7574Q PX- 0 0 7 CORP/EXEC 42, 14619 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PERRYTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKLAHOMA CITY,OK PERRYTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY BETTER THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 45 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRUCK WIRES/POLES/FENCE/EQUIP,CRCG TO RWY 17.PLT RPRTD 1MI VIS,GND WITNESSES RPRTD 1/4MI OR LESS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7574Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Perryton
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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.