- Date
- June 9, 1979
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N454SABeech 99
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790609039829A
- Case key
- 201203
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3532 79/6/9 CHICAGO,IL BEECH 99 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2195 TIME - 1451 N454SA PX- 1 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRILL C MEIGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 20 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR SPECIAL VFR REMARKS- PIECES OF WRECKAGE RECOVERED,MAIN STRUCTURE OF ACFT NOT RECOVERED.PLT PRESUMED FATALLY INJURED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N454SA
- Reported as
- Beech 99
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Merrill C Meigs
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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.