- Date
- February 6, 1971
- Place
- Marshalltown, IA · MARSHALLTOWN, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132594
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0027 71/2/6 NR.MARSHALLTOWN,IOWA CESSNA 310D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1057 N6936T PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS 32, 5200 TOTAL HOURS, 600 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 1 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINNEAPOLIS,MINN OTTUMWA,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- ABOUT 1 FT OF OUTBD R WG OF C-310 SEPARATED IN FLT. LND SAFE.ACFT WERE ABOVE HEAVY SMOKE LAYER.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0027 71/2/6 NR.MARSHALLTOWN,IOWA CESSNA 172G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 280 TIME - 1057 N4678L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 2 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OTTUMWA,IOWA MANKATO,MINN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN REMARKS- COLLIDED ALMOST HEAD ON. VERT FIN,RUDDER SEPARATED FROM C-172. BOTH ACFT BLENDED WITH GRND COVER.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N4678L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N6936T
- Reported as
- Cessna 310D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6936TRegistration cancelled Aug 18, 2018 · Cessna 310DAirframe modelCessna 310DEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.