- Date
- January 21, 1981
- Place
- Springfield, MO · SPRINGFIELD, MO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N222FQAero Comdr 500S
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810121000829A
- Case key
- 126955
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0468 81/1/21 SPRINGFIELD,MO AERO COMDR 500S CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0032 N222FQ PX- 1 1 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 42, 12033 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPRINGFIELD RGNL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLLEGE STATION,TX SPRINGFIELD,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 34 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 350 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- WITNESS STATED PLT GOT UP AT 0800HRS ON 1/20/80 & WORKED DRNG DAY BFR DEPARTING ON 4HR FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N222FQ
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Springfield Rgnl
N222FQRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2014 · Aero Commander 500 SAirframe modelAero Commander 500 SEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.