- Date
- January 6, 1975
- Place
- Big Rapids, MI · BIG RAPIDS, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6891SAero Comdr 680
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750106000719A
- Case key
- 147010
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0032 75/1/6 BIG RAPIDS,MI AERO COMDR 680 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2050 N6891S PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO UNK/NR, 2923 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 62 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURLINGTON,WI EVART,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT RPTD DSCNT TO MDA LVLD OFF HEARD LOUD BANG.ALT,SYS AND FACILITY CKD OK.ACFT RPTD CIRCLING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6891S
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Roben-Hood
N6891SRegistration cancelled May 19, 2015 · Aero Commander 680Airframe modelAero Commander 680Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 series
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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.