- Date
- November 5, 1978
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N695HPCessna 210A
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781105044269A
- Case key
- 138125
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4428 78/11/5 CHICAGO,IL CESSNA 210A CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 1000 TIME - 1852 N695HP PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL C MEIGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL JACKSON,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- TURNED AWAY FRM CITY LIGHTS AFTR TKOF,CRASHED IN LAKE MICHIGAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N695HP
- Reported as
- Cessna 210A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Merrill C Meigs
N695HPRegistration cancelled Sep 3, 2014 · Cessna 210Airframe modelCessna 210Engine modelContinental I0-470 series
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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.