- Date
- January 7, 1975
- Place
- Westland, MI · WESTLAND, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7308BBeech E35
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750107010359A
- Case key
- 148194
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0876 75/1/7 WESTLAND,MI BEECH E35 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1626 N7308B PX- 1 1 0 DEMONSTRATION AGE 44, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 ALL IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NATIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTLAND,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: PROPELLER GOVERNOR CONTROLS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PROP CTL POSITIONED TO HI PITCH,LO RPM STOP.HIT TREE ABT 40FT AGL APRX 1600FT FM DEPT END OF RWY 9
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7308B
- Reported as
- Beech E35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- National
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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.