- Date
- February 12, 1973
- Place
- Walla Walla, WA · WALLA WALLA, WA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3483QCessna 320E
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730212004249A
- Case key
- 169947
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0337 73/2/12 WALLA WALLA,WASH CESSNA 320E CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1915 N3483Q PX- 3 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 30, 2770 TOTAL HOURS, 45 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALLA WALLA CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SPOKANE,WASH WALLA WALLA,WASH LEWISTON,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED TERRAIN - OTHER PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 29 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT NOT ADZD WX BY APCH CONTROL. WX BLO MINIMUMSHIT HILLSIDE,NO TRRN REF LITES, ABT 2MI E OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3483Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 320E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Walla Walla City
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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.