- Date
- July 11, 1980
- Place
- Spirit Lake, IA · SPIRIT LAKE, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3249QCessna 401A
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800711032299A
- Case key
- 129439
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1879 80/7/11 SPIRIT LAKE,IA CESSNA 401A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 1800 TIME - 2220 N3249Q PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPIRIT LAKE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUBUQUE,IA SPIRIT LAKE,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: RESIDENCE(S) LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SINGLE ENG GO-AROUND.STALLED AND STRK RESIDENCE.RESULTANT FIRE DESTROYED EIGHT CONDOMINIUMS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3249Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 401A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Spirit Lake Muni
N3249QRegistration cancelled Oct 2, 2012 · Cessna 401Airframe modelCessna 401Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.