# NTSB CHI68A0006: Cessna 206, Marquette, MI, July 9, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 9, 1967
- Place: Marquette, MI · MARQUETTE, MI
- Location: 46.5507° N, 87.3958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marquette, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5507&lon=-87.3958&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report October 10, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 115785
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68A0006
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68A0006

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-0010   67/7/9    MARQUETTE,MICH      CESSNA 206          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1629                    CFV-HG              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 32, 335 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RIVERLAND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  300
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          2 MILES OR LESS                                          NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       72
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
           90                                                       7
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      VFR
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- CFV-HG FLYING NEAR TREE-TOPS TURNED INTO FOG BANK,STRUCK TREE COVERED HILL.PLT-NO INSTRUMENT RATNG
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: CFV-HG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Riverland

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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