- Date
- December 22, 1975
- Place
- White Plains, NY · WHITE PLAINS, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4550QCessna 402A
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751222039959A
- Case key
- 152156
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3997 75/12/22 WHITE PLAINS,NY CESSNA 402A CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1929 TIME - 1450 N4550Q PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 112 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTCHESTER CNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEWISTON,ME WHITE PLAINS,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND BLOWING SNOW TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 31KTS. NOSE GR COLLAPSED. 1/2 MILE VIS APCH MIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4550Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westchester Cnty
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4550Q · 1
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