- Date
- October 17, 1974
- Place
- Iron Mtn, MI · IRON MTN, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N72FABeech H18
- Status
- Completed · report December 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741017041739A
- Case key
- 144458
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3992 74/10/17 IRON MTN,MICH BEECH H18 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0151 N72FA PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 42, 12345 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 4000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANSING,MICH IRON MTN,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW CLEARANCE LIMIT OF 3000FT.TERRAIN ELEV APRX 850FT.MAIL FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72FA
- Reported as
- Beech H18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ford
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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.