- Date
- March 17, 1979
- Place
- Heber, AZ · HEBER, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3424GCessna 310R
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790317040929A
- Case key
- 136952
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3166 79/3/17 NR.HEBER,AZ CESSNA 310R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 1800 TIME - 1130 N3424G PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FLAGSTAFF,AZ SAN ANTONIO,TX EL PASO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 225 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 3 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 4/23/79.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3424G
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3424GRegistration cancelled Apr 12, 2012 · Cessna 310RAirframe modelCessna 310REngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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