- Date
- November 30, 1980
- Place
- Marysville, WA · MARYSVILLE, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9RTCessna 320C
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801130090709A
- Case key
- 128450
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3795 80/11/30 NR.MARYSVILLE,WA CESSNA 320C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 600 TIME - 1502 N9RT 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 RENO,NV EVERETT,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 160 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT PURCHASED ACFT 11/13/80.FLIGHT DIRECTOR SYSTEM INSTALLED.NO EVID OF AVIONICS INSTRUCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9RT
- Reported as
- Cessna 320C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9RTRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Cessna 320CAirframe modelCessna 320CEngine modelContinental TSI0-470-B
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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.