- Date
- December 12, 1980
- Place
- Ashland, OR · ASHLAND, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9221NAero Comdr 685
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801212088279A
- Case key
- 127615
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3245 80/12/12 ASHLAND,OR AERO COMDR 685 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1845 N9221N PX- 0 3 1 CORP/EXEC 40, 6100 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ASHLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASHLAND,OR FRESNO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PLT-FAILED TO ESTABLISH POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 35 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9221N
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 685
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ashland
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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.