- Date
- November 18, 1980
- Place
- Glens Falls, NY · GLENS FALLS, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N20MAAero Comdr 500-A
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801118074939A
- Case key
- 128014
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3498 80/11/18 GLENS FALLS,NY AERO COMDR 500-A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 3941 TIME - 1238 N20MA PX- 0 0 3 NS CTR PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 313 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARREN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BENNINGTON,VT PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 30 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 10 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20MA
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Warren County
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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.