- Date
- January 12, 1978
- Place
- Muscatine, IA · MUSCATINE, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5080JCessna 310R
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780112002199A
- Case key
- 143565
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0013 78/1/12 MUSCATINE,IA CESSNA 310R CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0830 N5080J PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 42, 5298 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1241 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSCATINE,MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DES MOINES,IA MUSCATINE,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LANDED ON SNOW COVERED SOD AREA ADJACENT TO RWY.RWY COVERED WITH SNOW,NO LIGHTS ALONG RWY EDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5080J
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Muscatine,Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5080J · 1
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