- Date
- December 19, 1966
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MI · GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N25QBeech D18S
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119440
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4368 66/12/19 GRAND RAPIDS MICH BEECH D18S CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1655 N25Q PX- 0 0 6 AIR TAXI-PASSG 46, 14888 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4128 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENT COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 28 110 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ACFT NEAR GROSS WT. INTENTIONAL WHEELS UP LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25Q
- Reported as
- Beech D18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kent County
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