- Date
- November 12, 1978
- Place
- Eden Prairie, MN · EDEN PRAIRIE, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8050QCessna 310Q
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781112044409A
- Case key
- 138489
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4033 78/11/12 EDEN PRAIRIE,MN CESSNA 310Q CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 643 TIME - 1528 N8050Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING CLOUD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OSCEOLA,MN EDEN PRAIRIE,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING STALL: SPIN LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 33 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 100 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT EXECUTED MISSED APP DUE ICE ON WINDSHIELD.1/2IN THICK ICE FOUND ON AIRFRAME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8050Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Flying Cloud
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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.