- Date
- April 29, 1973
- Place
- Grand Ledge, MI · GRAND LEDGE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3091CBeech K35
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730429010389A
- Case key
- 190734
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0979 73/4/29 GRAND LEDGE,MICH BEECH K35 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 2500 TIME - 0155 N3091C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ABRAMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT SMITH,ARK GRAND LEDGE,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- RWY NOT LIGHTED.LNDD ABT 40FT TO R OF RWY 36 ROLLED INTO DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3091C
- Reported as
- Beech K35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Abrams
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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.
Other investigations on N3091C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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