Cessna 401A N12CQ

Summary

On 18 March 1985 at about 01:15 local time, a Cessna 401A registered N12CQ was involved in an accident near Dorset, Vermont, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 March 1985 at 01:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Dorset, Vermont, United States

Nearest airport

Rutland State (RUT)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 401A

Registration

N12CQ

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Caldwell → Rutland

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC85FA083

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT WAS ABOUT 30 MILES FROM RUTLAND WHEN HE RADIOED THE ARPT FOR WEATHER INFO. HE WAS INFORMED THAT CLOUDS WERE 1500 FT BROKEN AND 2700 FT OVERCAST WITH SNOW, LIGHT FOG AND 5 MILES VISIBILITY. THE PLT RESPONDED THAT HE WOULD CALL AGAIN WHEN HE GOT CLOSER TO THE ARPT. THERE WAS NO FURTHER TRANSMISSION RECEIVED FROM THE PLT. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH DORSET MT, LOCATED ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF THE ARPT. THE ACFT WAS IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE AND AT A ELEVATION OF 3300 FT. DORSET MT IS 3515 FT HIGH. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT DID NOT DISCLOSE EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION. NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.