- Date
- October 16, 1980
- Place
- Cedar Rapids, IA · CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N91026Cessna 207
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801016057029A
- Case key
- 127841
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3178 80/10/16 NR.CEDAR RAPIDS,IA CESSNA 207 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0135 N91026 PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 27, 2910 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR RAPIDS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CEDAR RAPIDS,IA CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 49 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT'S BLOOD/ALCOHOL LVL .106PERCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N91026
- Reported as
- Cessna 207
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cedar Rapids Muni
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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.