- Date
- April 23, 1981
- Place
- Alpena, MI · ALPENA, MI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9JSMitsubishi MU-2B
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810423018349A
- Case key
- 125164
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1907 81/4/23 ALPENA,MI MITSUBISHI MU-2B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0247 N9JS PX- 2 0 0 CORP/EXEC 63, 16776 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHELPS-COLLINS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LA CROSSE,WI ALPENA,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F SMOKE 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- ILS RWY36 APCH,CRASHED 1.6MI SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9JS
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Phelps-Collins
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.