- Date
- January 28, 1978
- Place
- Freeland, MI · FREELAND, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N232LKBeech 58
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780128001779A
- Case key
- 143472
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0005 78/1/28 FREELAND,MI BEECH 58 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 2019 TIME - 1215 N232LK PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 381 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI CITY AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONDON,CANADA PORT HURON,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PIC ATTEMPTED PWR OFF LANDING BECAUSE OF UNDETERMINED FALSE UNSAFE GR INDICATION.CUT PWR TOO SOON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N232LK
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tri City Airport
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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.