- Date
- January 28, 1968
- Place
- Benton Harbr, MI · BENTON HARBR, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 37 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2041Convair 440
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112121
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0002 68/1/28 BENTON HARBR,MICH CONVAIR 440 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1755 N2041 PX- 0 0 35 38, 11029 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 4809 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSS OPERATOR - NORTH CENTRAL AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 38 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- PLTS MISREAD ALTIMETER.ACFT STRUCK LAKE MICH,LOST NOSE GR.SUCCESSFUL GO AROUND AND LNDG AT OHARE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2041
- Reported as
- Convair 440
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ross