- Date
- December 3, 1974
- Place
- Meadville, PA · MEADVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8203PCessna 402B
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140912
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3460 74/12/3 MEADVILLE,PA CESSNA 402B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1335 N8203P PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG 27, 5995 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1201 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLARKSBURG,W VA MEADVILLE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 6000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 34 330 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 22K.PATCHES OF ICE AND SNOW ON RWY.SKIDDED INTO SNOWBANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8203P
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meadville