- Date
- February 23, 1975
- Place
- Lansing, MI · LANSING, MI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5564Thorp T-18
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750223003929A
- Case key
- 147795
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0470 75/2/23 LANSING,MI THORP T-18 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 347 TIME - 1652 N5564 PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPITOL CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPARTA,MI FLINT,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 35 30 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 11 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- VECTORED TO ARPT.HIT UTILITY BLDG WHILE SEARCHING FOR RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5564
- Reported as
- Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Capitol City
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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.