- Date
- July 5, 1971
- Place
- Arcadia, MI · ARCADIA, MI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7574UVolmer B
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162220
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0773 71/7/5 ARCADIA,MICH VOLMER B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 1464 TIME - 1240 N7574U PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 165 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BARAGA,MICH MANISTEE,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 78 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ANGLE TO SHORE HEDGE HOPPING OVR WAVES.ENTRD FOGBANK,EMERGED CLOSE TO SHORE,UN TURN,HIT BANK,HOUSE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7574U
- Reported as
- Volmer B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7574URegistration cancelled Aug 24, 1971 · Kelley-Volmer Amphibian BAirframe modelKelley-Volmer Amphibian B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.