- Date
- September 4, 1978
- Place
- Benton Harbor, MI · BENTON HARBOR, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N511JLBeech A55
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780904035679A
- Case key
- 139937
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3784 78/9/4 BENTON HARBOR,MI BEECH A55 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 290 TIME - 2223 N511JL PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROSS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BENTON HARBOR,MI BENTON HARBOR,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - DOOR/PANEL OPEN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CABIN DOOR OPENED ON TKOF FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.COLLIDED WITH ILS ANTENNA ARRAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N511JL
- Reported as
- Beech A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ross 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.
Other investigations on N511JL · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.