# NTSB CHI78FA027: Beech D18, N427Q, Whitelake, MI, March 14, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 14, 1978
- Place: Whitelake, MI · WHITELAKE, MI
- Location: 42.6917° N, 83.5541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of White Lake, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6917&lon=-83.5541&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 142843
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI78FA027
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FA027

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N427Q-1980-12-17), registration cancelled 1980-12-17, S/N A336, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18
- Registry model: [Beech D18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (registry code 1151004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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