- Date
- January 19, 1978
- Place
- Latrobe, PA · LATROBE, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5VXGrumman G-159
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780119002879A
- Case key
- 143506
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0034 78/1/19 LATROBE,PA GRUMMAN G-159 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1541 N5VX PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC 56, 12998 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 788 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LATROBE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELMIRA,NY LATROBE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 22 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 50 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5VX
- Reported as
- Grumman G-159
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Latrobe
FAA reports on this event · 1
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