- Date
- January 7, 1974
- Place
- Michigan City, IN · MICHIGAN CITY, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9300Grumman G-1159
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740107000209A
- Case key
- 187178
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0121 74/1/7 MICHIGAN CITY,IND GRUMMAN G-1159 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 18000 TIME - 2010 N9300 PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 585 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILLIPS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSBURG,PA MICHIGAN CITY,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- CRUSTED SNOW ON RWY.NON-STD RWY LIGHTING.LTS 200FT APART,RWY ONLY 50FT WIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9300
- Reported as
- Grumman G-1159
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Phillips
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.