- Date
- November 12, 1979
- Place
- Salem, OR · SALEM, OR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1316GCessna T310R
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791112035809A
- Case key
- 133591
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2996 79/11/12 SALEM,OR CESSNA T310R CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2029 N1316G PX- 2 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 53, 6736 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 16 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCNARY FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JOHN DAY,OR SALEM,OR 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 WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 37 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- ACFT 1200FT HI AT LOM,COMMENCED RAPID DESCENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1316G
- Reported as
- Cessna T310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mcnary Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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