- Date
- January 17, 1967
- Place
- Sault St Mar, MI · SAULT ST MAR, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- CFUICCessna 337A
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119665
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0012 67/1/17 SAULT ST MAR,MICH CESSNA 337A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 2015 CFUIC PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 42, 537 TOTAL HOURS, 27 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 0 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- PLT NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. ACFT CRASHED ON FROZEN LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CFUIC
- Reported as
- Cessna 337A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed