- Date
- September 13, 1969
- Place
- Freeland, MI · FREELAND, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3357CBeech F35
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158483
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2654 69/9/13 FREELAND,MICH BEECH F35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 4100 TIME - 0030 N3357C PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1120 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI-CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OWOSSO,MICH FREELAND,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION REMARKS- PLT CLAIMS ENG LOST POWER ON GO-AROUND. INVEST DISCLOSED NO MALFUNCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3357C
- Reported as
- Beech F35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tri-City
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Other investigations on N3357C · 2
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