- Date
- December 18, 1973
- Place
- Manhattan, KS · MANHATTAN, KS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3269XCessna 310L
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731218042489A
- Case key
- 187466
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3959 73/12/18 MANHATTAN,KANS CESSNA 310L CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1914 N3269X PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 31, 7720 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1686 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORMAN,OKLA MANHATTAN,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW, FREEZING DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 29 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 30 18 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FOLLOWING INITIAL GND CTC ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE FOR A DIST OF ABT 525FT BFR STRIKING A PWR LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3269X
- Reported as
- Cessna 310L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.