- Date
- September 9, 1979
- Place
- Chestertown, MD · CHESTERTOWN, MD
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30CRCessna 320F
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790909032739A
- Case key
- 134812
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2873 79/9/9 CHESTERTOWN,MD CESSNA 320F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 975 TIME - 1705 N30CR PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 266 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESTERTOWN,MD BALTIMORE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: STACKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNDER TORQUED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30CR
- Reported as
- Cessna 320F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gill
N30CRRegistration cancelled Feb 8, 2012 · Cessna 320FAirframe modelCessna 320FEngine modelContinental 6-285-A
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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.