- Date
- June 18, 1971
- Place
- Howell, MI · HOWELL, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3036TCessna 320C
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162339
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3133 71/6/18 HOWELL,MICH CESSNA 320C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 1586 TIME - 1310 N3036T PX- 1 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LES RUTTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOWELL,MICH DETROIT,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 93 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 4 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ATTEMPTED T/O FROM ROUGH,SANDY STRIP TOO SHORT FOR COND OF HI TEMP AND HI GROSS WT. WIND LT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3036T
- Reported as
- Cessna 320C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Les Rutter
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