# Incident 19780406008199I: Beech 99, Detroit, MI, April 6, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1978, 17:15 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Metro
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N454SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N454SA-1981-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 99 (registry code 1154002, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 99
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780406008199I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FIRST OFFICER BECAME ILL IN FLIGHT. SAFE LANDING MADE.

## Other reports on N454SA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790609039829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790609039829A), Jun 9, 1979: Beech 99 (N454SA), Chicago, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Tried special VFR approach to lake front airport with low ceiling and visibility. Hit water on approach.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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