- Date
- October 3, 1976
- Place
- St. James, MI · ST. JAMES, MI
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4491KNavion A
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761003039879A
- Case key
- 156623
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3925 76/10/3 ST. JAMES,MI NAVION A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1845 TIME - 1530 N4491K PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1010 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEAVER ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST. JAMES,MI DETROIT,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- OVERSHOT APCH,GR DOWN DRG GO-AROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4491K
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Beaver Island
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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.