- Date
- October 11, 1982, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N24639Beech A24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821011051859A
- Case key
- 71361
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Witnesses observed the acft flying in an easterly direction, level but in a slightly descending flight path. No smoke, flame or parts falling from the acft were observed. The eng sound was steady & loud. The descent continued at a shallow angle until impact. No pre-impact airframe or eng malfunction or failure found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24639
- Reported as
- Beech A24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC141
- Airframe hours
- 1,419
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert L. Lower
- Registered owner
- Robert L. Lower
- Departed
- Ionia, MI
- Destination
- Ionia, MI
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 544 total · 352 in this make and model · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 133 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.