Cessna 320A N600JR

Summary

On 21 April 1982 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 320A registered N600JR, operated by Paul&Lowell Branham, was involved in an accident near Paintsville, Kentucky, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 April 1982 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Paintsville, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Combs (3I6)

Coordinates

37.8107, -82.7991

Aircraft

Cessna 320A

Registration

N600JR

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Paul&Lowell Branham

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Paintsville → Paintsville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82DA111

Nobody was injured.

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 PILOT REPORTED ENCOUNTERING WIND SHEAR AT ABOUT 300 FT FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 31. HE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT CRABBED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT RUDDER WAS APPLIED. ALSO, HE REPORTED THAT THE PLANE STALLED ABOUT SIX TO TEN FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY AND TOUCHED DOWN HARD IN A NEAR LEVEL ATTITUDE. THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE WING SPARS, A MAIN GEAR ATTACH BRACKET, AND THE ENGINE MOUNTS. THE PILOT REPORTED THE SURFACE WIND FROM 260 DEGREES AT 10 GUSTING 15 KNOTS. ALSO, THE PILOT NOTED THAT HE DID NOT USE POWER THROUGHOUT THE LANDING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.