- Date
- April 3, 1971
- Place
- Bellaire, MI · BELLAIRE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- CF-RGXBeech 35-B33
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161301
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0003 71/4/3 BELLAIRE,MICH BEECH 35-B33 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1128 CF-RGX PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS 46, 185 TOTAL HOURS, 133 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANTRIM COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAULT STE MARIE,CAN LONDON,ONTARIO,CAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS BLOWING SNOW IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- IMPACTED FROZEN LAKE. PLT RECD WEA BRIEF 4/2/71.UNK PERSON RECD PHONE WEA BRIEF ON DAY OF ACCDT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CF-RGX
- Reported as
- Beech 35-B33
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Antrim County