- Date
- September 2, 1970
- Place
- Lawton, MI · LAWTON, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2270Waco ZGC-7
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154503
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1328 70/9/2 LAWTON,MICH WACO ZGC-7 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 68, 2550 TIME - 1655 N2270 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARKS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAWTON,MICH BATTLE CREEK,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT BELIEVED TO BE RET TO FLD. LOST CTL FOR UNDETERMINED REASON. PLTS TOTAL TIME AS OF 4/8/70.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2270
- Reported as
- Waco ZGC-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Marks
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