- Date
- August 12, 1980
- Place
- Tewksbury, MA · TEWKSBURY, MA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2STCessna 401B
- Status
- Completed · report November 13, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800812036449A
- Case key
- 129319
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2731 80/8/12 NR.TEWKSBURY,MA CESSNA 401B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1650 TIME - 0937 N2ST PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 59 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEW-MAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERIDEN,CT TEWKSBURY,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- 244DEG TRACK INBOUND FRM VOR,PROCEDURE CALLS FOR 224DEG.HIT RADIO TWR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2ST
- Reported as
- Cessna 401B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tew-Mac
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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.