- Date
- January 26, 1971
- Place
- Mountoursville, PA · MOUNTOURSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2255FCessna 310L
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159773
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2290 71/1/26 MOUNTOURSVILLE,PA CESSNA 310L CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 14234 TIME - 1839 N2255F PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 4700 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLIAMSPORT-LYC0 DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW HOLLAND,PA WILLIAMSPORT,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED MINIMUMS.PLT RECD IMPROPER WEA INFO.EVIDENCE OF POSSIBLE CORONARY PROB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2255F
- Reported as
- Cessna 310L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Williamsport-Lyc0
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