# NTSB CHI75DEM23: Beech A23-19, N20TD, Traverse City, MI, January 10, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 10, 1975
- Place: Traverse City, MI · TRAVERSE CITY, MI
- Location: 44.7543° N, 85.6030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Traverse City, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7543&lon=-85.6030&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 11, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 148058
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI75DEM23
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75DEM23

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1664  75/1/10    TRAVERSE CITY,MI    BEECH A23-19        CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 425
        TIME - 1806                    N20TD               PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 333 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CHERRY CAPITAL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          BOYNE FALLS,MI              FORT WAYNE,IN                TRAVERSE CITY,MI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT
           WEATHER - FOG
           WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
        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
          4 MILES OR LESS                                          RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       46
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          180                                                       12
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      IFR
        REMARKS- HIT TALL TREES ABT 3 MI E OF ARPT,LOC APCH.PLT RPTD DIFFICULTY SETTING DG DUE TURBC.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N20TD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20TD-1975-09-04), registration cancelled 1975-09-04, S/N MB-217 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A23-19
- Registry model: [Beech A23-19](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-19) (registry code 1151212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Cherry Capital

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19750110002169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750110002169A), Jan 10, 1975: Beech A2319, Traverse City, MI, Destroyed. Hit tall trees abt 3 mi e of arpt,LOC apch. Plt rptd difficulty setting dg due turbc.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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