- Date
- March 14, 1978
- Place
- Whitelake, MI · WHITELAKE, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N427QBeech D18
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142843
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4433 78/3/14 WHITELAKE,MI BEECH D18 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0413 N427Q PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 54, 5443 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 421 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND-PONTIAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLINT,MI WHITELAKE,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - WIND SHEAR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 37 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOCAL RESIDENTS REPORTED TORNADO LIKE WINDS IN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N427Q
- Reported as
- Beech D18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oakland-Pontiac
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