- Date
- December 25, 1979
- Place
- Hood River, OR · HOOD RIVER, OR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2185QCessna 177RG
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791225035459A
- Case key
- 132952
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3099 79/12/25 HOOD RIVER,OR CESSNA 177RG CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1270 TIME - 1904 N2185Q PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 955 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOOD RIVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUGENE,OR THE DALLES,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 33 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LND IN SNOW BANK BESIDE RWY IN FOG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2185Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hood River
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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.