- Date
- April 7, 1980
- Place
- Linville, NC · LINVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9912FCessna 401
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800407008749A
- Case key
- 130588
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3201 80/4/7 LINVILLE,NC CESSNA 401 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0837 N9912F PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 46, 8919 TOTAL HOURS, 480 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MYRTLE BEACH,SC CINCINATTI,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 9 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- BLOOD ETHANOL LEVEL 90MG%.HIT MTN 5909FT MSL.MTN OBSCURED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9912F
- Reported as
- Cessna 401
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9912FRegistration cancelled May 30, 2013 · Cessna 401BAirframe modelCessna 401BEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.