- Date
- February 13, 1974
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MI · GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5945SBeech 95-B55
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740213015819A
- Case key
- 186744
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1287 74/2/13 GRAND RAPIDS,MICH BEECH 95-B55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 1399 TIME - 1123 N5945S PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 143 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRANKFORT,ILL GRAND RAPIDS,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 32 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 30 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- 3RD ILS APCH.CALLED MISSED APCH AT NDB MDA DRG 1ST ILS APCH.LGT ICG FCSTD,OTR ACFT RPRTD MOD ICG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5945S
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kent County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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