- Date
- March 12, 1977
- Place
- Mt. Clemens, MI · MT. CLEMENS, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N303ERockwell 500-S
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770312010159A
- Case key
- 157885
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1809 77/3/12 NR.MT. CLEMENS, MI ROCKWELL 500-S CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2015 N303E PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 28, 2600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 50 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SELFRIDGE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALLENTOWN, PA FRASER, MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: OTHER WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 50 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT REPORTED LOW FUEL PRESSURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N303E
- Reported as
- Rockwell 500-S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Selfridge Field
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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.