- Date
- January 26, 1974
- Place
- Romulus, MI · ROMULUS, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1164ABeech B55
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740126044309A
- Case key
- 186700
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4304 74/1/26 ROMULUS,MICH BEECH B55 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 63, 5436 TIME - 1900 N1164A PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DETROIT WAYNE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHMOND,VA ROMULUS,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- GENERAL DISINTEGRATION SEVERE POST-IMPACT FIRE.STRUCK TREES 12145 FT BFR RWY THRESHOLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1164A
- Reported as
- Beech B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Detroit Wayne
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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.