- Date
- May 23, 1970
- Place
- Slt St Marie, MI · SLT ST MARIE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N36241Taylorcraft BC1285
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182173
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2251 70/5/23 SLT ST MARIE,MICH TAYLORCRAFT BC1285 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1063 TIME - 1300 N36241 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 565 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAULT STE MARIE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SLT ST MARIE,MICH SAULT STE MARIE,CAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- HIT BUOY,FLOATS SEPD FRM ACFT.BELLY LNDD ON SOD STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36241
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BC1285
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sault Ste Marie
N36241Registered now · Taylorcraft BC12-65Airframe modelTaylorcraft BC12-65Engine modelContinental C85 series
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