- Date
- September 16, 1976
- Place
- Coldwater, MI · COLDWATER, MI
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8330NBeech D55
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760916039249A
- Case key
- 156090
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4149 76/9/16 NR.COLDWATER,MI BEECH D55 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1080 TIME - 2113 N8330N PX- 5 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT MANKATO,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 69 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 30 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- BATTLECREEK WX.WITNESSES REPORTED LOW OVERCAST CLOUDS,MISTING RAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8330N
- Reported as
- Beech D55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Branch County Mem
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Other investigations on N8330N · 1
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