- Date
- January 8, 1970
- Place
- South Haven, MI · SOUTH HAVEN, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N63878Cessna UC-78B
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174209
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0264 70/1/8 SOUTH HAVEN,MICH CESSNA UC-78B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 42, TIME - 1030 N63878 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH HAVEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND HAVEN,MICH INDIANAPOLIS,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FROZEN, MOISTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 9 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- BOTH ENGS LOST POWER. CARB HEAT CTLS INOP,FROZEN. LND ON HIWAY,STRUCK SIGN. GUSTING TO 45K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63878
- Reported as
- Cessna UC-78B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- South Haven
N63878Registration cancelled Nov 17, 2018 · Cessna T-50Airframe modelCessna T-50Engine modelJacobs L4 /R755-7
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