- Date
- December 30, 1966
- Place
- Morristown, NJ · MORRISTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4118TCessna 320D
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178767
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4222 66/12/30 MORRISTOWN NJ CESSNA 320D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1653 N4118T PX- 0 0 4 CORP/EXEC 39, 5081 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2196 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORRISTOWN MUNI. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LOW APPROACH ABORTED.ACFT. DAMAGED AGAIN ON SUBSEQUENT LANDING AT MORRISTOWN,NJ.SUN AND HAZE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4118T
- Reported as
- Cessna 320D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Morristown Muni.
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Other investigations on N4118T · 2
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