- Date
- January 27, 1974
- Place
- Traverse Cty, MI · TRAVERSE CTY, MI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9329YBeech A35
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740127005339A
- Case key
- 186877
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0389 74/1/27 TRAVERSE CTY,MICH BEECH A35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, UNK/NR TIME - 1438 N9329Y PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRAVERSE CTY,MICH ROCKFORD,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE, SNOW GRAINS/SNOW PELLETS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 32 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- IFR FLT PLAN,NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9329Y
- Reported as
- Beech A35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9329Y · 1
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