- Date
- January 18, 1988, 09:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Prescott, AZ
- Injuries
- 9 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6842QCessna 402C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880118001409A
- Case key
- 25942
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Terrain condition - snow coveredFactor
Weather condition - whiteoutFactor
Flare - misjudgedCause
Procedures/directives - not followedFactor
Improper trainingFactor
Insuff standards/requirements,operation/operatorFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6842Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402C0501
- Airframe hours
- 6,024
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-VB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Golden Pacific, doing business as Golden Pacific Airlines
- Registered owner
- Prudential Savings And Loan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 8, 1988 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
- Destination
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PRC · Love Field, runway 21, 7,608 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,574 total · 423 in this make and model · 4,200 as pilot in command · 364 in the last 90 days · 99 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.