- Date
- March 17, 1974
- Place
- Greenbank, WV · GREENBANK, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1791HCessna 310C
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740317006429A
- Case key
- 186339
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0849 74/3/17 GREENBANK,W VA CESSNA 310C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 2595 TIME - 1515 N1791H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 195 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NATL RADIO ASTRON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LATROBE,PA WILKESBORO,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING SNOW HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 29 280 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 55 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- L ENG FAILED,FEATHERED.ENCOUNTERED GUSTS TO 65K.HIT FENCE SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1791H
- Reported as
- Cessna 310C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Natl Radio Astron
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.