- Date
- November 30, 1975
- Place
- Elko, NV · ELKO, NV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N52SACessna 402
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19751130042839A
- Case key
- 79560
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4111 75/11/30 NR.ELKO,NV CESSNA 402 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 5000 TIME - 0909 N52SA PX- 1 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 2100 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELY,NV ELKO,NV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES BLOWING SNOW 303 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DCND BLO MEA. PLT DIDNT USE AVAIL INST APCH CHART FOR REF. RECOVERY DATE 12/2/75.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52SA
- Reported as
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.