- Date
- November 26, 1966
- Place
- Bangor, MI · BANGOR, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N226AAAero Comdr 680F
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120125
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1173 66/11/26 BANGOR,MICH AERO COMDR 680F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 53, 918 TIME - 2000 N226AA PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 48 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N226AA
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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