- Date
- May 23, 1973
- Place
- Ann Arbor, MI · ANN ARBOR, MI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N512RCessna 310G
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730523017109A
- Case key
- 189888
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3543 73/5/23 ANN ARBOR,MICH CESSNA 310G CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 750 TIME - 1541 N512R PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANN ARBOR MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANN ARBOR,MICH KANSAS CITY,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 58 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 70 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT TIME FM OPERATOR RECORDS.LOST CONTROL DURING IFR DEPARTURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N512R
- Reported as
- Cessna 310G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ann Arbor Muni
N512RRegistration cancelled Aug 22, 1973 · Cessna 310GAirframe modelCessna 310GEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.