- Date
- January 14, 1981
- Place
- Curlew, WA · CURLEW, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9831LCessna 320
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810114003379A
- Case key
- 127219
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0171 81/1/14 CURLEW,WA CESSNA 320 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1645 N9831L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 39, 5152 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CURLEW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILLSBORO,OR REPUBLIC,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- FOG AT DEST. LND ON UNLIGHTED UNATTENDED ARPT TO LEFT OF RWY IN FROZEN ROUGH SOD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9831L
- Reported as
- Cessna 320
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Curlew
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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.