- Date
- January 21, 1973
- Place
- Omaha, NE · OMAHA, NE
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3008LCessna 310J
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730121002829A
- Case key
- 169868
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0420 73/1/21 OMAHA,NEBR CESSNA 310J CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2106 N3008L PX- 4 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 33, 2651 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 42 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EPPLEY AIRFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GARDEN CITY,KANS OMAHA,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE SYSTEMS - ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYSTEMS: WING ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYSTEMS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - LOW CEILING TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS FREEZING DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 31 30 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- FLT CONT INTO KNOWN ICING.PLT OBS ICE BUILDING UP.NO WING DEICERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3008L
- Reported as
- Cessna 310J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Eppley Airfield
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3008L · 1
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