- Date
- February 23, 1975
- Place
- Pontiac, MI · PONTIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5107Na Rockwell NA-265
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750223010969A
- Case key
- 148193
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0875 75/2/23 PONTIAC,MI NA ROCKWELL NA-265 CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1953 N5107 PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 52, 15934 TOTAL HOURS, 82 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND-PONTIAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MI PONTIAC,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 37 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 30 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DIGITAL FREQ RNAV SYSTEM IN USE.HIT TREES APRX 4MI FRM ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5107
- Reported as
- Na Rockwell NA-265
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oakland-Pontiac
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.