- Date
- April 7, 1975
- Place
- North Boston, NY · NORTH BOSTON, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N38SCessna 337
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750407012189A
- Case key
- 148198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0883 75/4/7 NORTH BOSTON,NY CESSNA 337 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 2455 TIME - 0915 N38S PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AKRON,OH BUFFALO,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 29 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- OTR PILOT IN AREA ENCTRD RIME ICING AT RAPID RATE.OWNERS MANUAL-INT FLT KNOWN ICING PROHIBITED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38S
- Reported as
- Cessna 337
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Grtr Buffalo Intl
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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.