- Date
- March 18, 1970
- Place
- Elizabeth, NJ · ELIZABETH, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3218QCessna 402
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135440
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0759 70/3/18 ELIZABETH,NJ CESSNA 402 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 10461 TIME - 1934 N3218Q PX- 3 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 83 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHERBROOKE,CAN NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER - RAIN TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 35 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- NO 2ND IN COMMAND PLT.ILS APCH 4L,DSCNDD BLO GS,HIT NATURAL GAS STORAGE TANK HOLDER APRX 190FT AGL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3218Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Newark
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