- Date
- November 2, 1966
- Place
- Ypsilanti, MI · YPSILANTI, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N428EJLear Jet 23A
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120160
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3555 66/11/2 YPSILANTI MICH LEAR JET 23A CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2147 N428EJ PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 48, 10501 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 275 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLOW RUN 0 TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAXI: TO TAKEOFF GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER - SNOW AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RAMP/TAXIWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SLEET, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 26 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT UNFAMILIAR WITH AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N428EJ
- Reported as
- Lear Jet 23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Willow Run 0