- Date
- December 23, 1970
- Place
- Lansing, MI · LANSING, MI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2345ZBeech H18S
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159289
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4150 70/12/23 LANSING,MICH BEECH H18S CR- 0 2 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0059 N2345Z PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 45, 6267 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 2535 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LANSING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IRON MOUNTAIN,MICH LANSING,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 25 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MAIL FLT. STALLED ON ILS APCH DUE AIRFRAME ICING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2345Z
- Reported as
- Beech H18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lansing
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