- Date
- January 11, 1980
- Place
- Yakima, WA · YAKIMA, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5165JCessna 340
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800111000229A
- Case key
- 132181
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0028 80/1/11 YAKIMA,WA CESSNA 340 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1979 TIME - 1402 N5165J PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 385 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YAKIMA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YAKIMA,WA COEUR D'ALENE,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 23 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 260 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- RWY LTS COVERED BY SNOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5165J
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yakima
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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.