- Date
- January 27, 1981
- Place
- Winnemucca, NV · WINNEMUCCA, NV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N500JPAero Comdr 681
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810127002949A
- Case key
- 136523
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0545 81/1/27 NR.WINNEMUCCA,NV AERO COMDR 681 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, TIME - 2230 N500JP PX- 1 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WINNEMUCCA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENO,NV WINNEMUCCA,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 37 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 110 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- PLT TMTD RWY LGTS IN SIGHT.PAX RPRTD-VIS RSTRD BY SNW W LNDG LGTS ON.HIT SHORT,53FT BLO ARPT ELEV.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N500JP
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 681
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Winnemucca
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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