- Date
- March 12, 1975
- Place
- Grayling, MI · GRAYLING, MI
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6000MBeech H18
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148670
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0004 75/3/12 GRAYLING,MI BEECH H18 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 6361 TIME - 1515 N6000M PX- 0 0 5 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 2991 IN DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAYLING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARQUETTE,MI GRAYLING,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND PERSONNEL - AIRPORT SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: IMPROPER/INADEQUATE SNOW REMOVAL AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- TWO BANKS OF PLOWED SNOW NOT COMPLETELY OFF RWY.WIND GUSTING 22K.ELT DID NOT ACTIVATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6000M
- Reported as
- Beech H18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Grayling
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