- Date
- March 13, 1978
- Place
- Syracuse, NY · SYRACUSE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1115ACessna 310B
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780313005699A
- Case key
- 143362
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0632 78/3/13 SYRACUSE,NY CESSNA 310B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 66, 1665 TIME - 0859 N1115A PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 820 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SYRACUSE-HANCOCK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SYRACUSE,NY ERIE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-FAILED TO MANTAIN POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND GROUND FOG CALM TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 28 CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- VIS 1/8 MILE. SUN VISIBLE THRU FOG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1115A
- Reported as
- Cessna 310B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Syracuse-Hancock
N1115ARegistration cancelled Jun 25, 2009 · Cessna 310BAirframe modelCessna 310BEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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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.
Other investigations on N1115A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.