- Date
- March 25, 1980
- Place
- Thedford, NE · THEDFORD, NE
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5474JCessna 310
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800325008369A
- Case key
- 131429
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1249 80/3/25 THEDFORD,NE CESSNA 310 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2130 N5474J PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS AGE 19, 1150 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 225 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - THOMAS COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OMAHA,NE THEDFORD,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS FREEZING DRIZZLE, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING SNOW UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 32 120 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ICING CONDS FCSTD & REPORTED ALONG FLT PLAN ROUTE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5474J
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Thomas County
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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.