- Date
- January 17, 1978
- Place
- Cumberland, MD · CUMBERLAND, MD
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44KSMitsubishi MU2-J
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780117001719A
- Case key
- 143515
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0042 78/1/17 CUMBERLAND,MD MITSUBISHI MU2-J CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1145 N44KS PX- 0 0 8 CORP/EXEC 38, 13851 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1790 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CUMBERLAND MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOLEDO,OH CUMBERLAND,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BRITTLE WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 24 CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44KS
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU2-J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cumberland Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.