- Date
- December 7, 1980
- Place
- Michigan City, IN · MICHIGAN CITY, IN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2181LBeech E90
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19801207072459A
- Case key
- 79406
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3650 80/12/7 MICHIGAN CITY,IN BEECH E90 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1647 N2181L PX- 3 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 53, 8700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1132 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL MICHIGAN CITY,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 55 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PIVOT BOLT,P/N AN4-23A,FND ON FLOOR OF FUSELAGE,WASHER & NUT MISSING.DEST ALSTG NOT OBTAINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2181L
- Reported as
- Beech E90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2181LRegistration cancelled Jul 11, 2011 · Beech E-90Airframe modelBeech E-90Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
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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.