- Date
- January 25, 1980
- Place
- Ellensburg, WA · ELLENSBURG, WA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N444PSBeech C90
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800125001329A
- Case key
- 132167
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0015 80/1/25 ELLENSBURG,WA BEECH C90 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1035 N444PS PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC 29, 7540 TOTAL HOURS, 340 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOWERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENTON,WA ELLENSBURG,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 24 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LNDD RWY 7,HIT SNOWBERM AT INTXN OF ACTIVE RWY.CLOSED RWY NOTAM CANC 12/14/79.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N444PS
- Reported as
- Beech C90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bowers
N444PSRegistration cancelled Jul 31, 2026 · Beech C90Airframe modelBeech C90Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-21
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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.