- Date
- August 7, 1976
- Place
- Menominee, MI · MENOMINEE, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N12BSThorp T-18
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760807025919A
- Case key
- 155777
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2992 76/8/7 MENOMINEE,MI THORP T-18 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 62, 400 TIME - 1246 N12BS PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MENOMINEE CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MENOMINEE,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12BS
- Reported as
- Thorp T-18
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Menominee Co
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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.