- Date
- December 19, 1973
- Place
- Detroit, MI · DETROIT, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N360AAGates Lear 25
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731219042019A
- Case key
- 187379
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4097 73/12/19 DETROIT,MICH GATES LEAR 25 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0740 N360AA PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 26, 3630 TOTAL HOURS, 115 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DETROIT CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKFORD,ILL DETROIT,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF UNSAFE COND/AND OR FAILURE TO MARK OBSTRUCTION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 1900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 21 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 70 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LNDD LONG,OVERRAN SNOW COVERED RWY,PASSED THRU FENCE,HIT AUTO.FAILED TO USE DRAGCHUTE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N360AA
- Reported as
- Gates Lear 25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Detroit City
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.