- Date
- May 9, 1970
- Place
- Pellston, MI · PELLSTON, MI
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N434EJLear Jet 23A
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125165
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0125 70/5/9 PELLSTON,MICH LEAR JET 23A CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2128 N434EJ PX- 4 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 48, 7760 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2142 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EMMET COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MICH PELLSTON,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LACK OF VISUAL CUES CAUSED PLT TO MISJUDGE ALT. POSSIBILITY OF ALTIMETER ERROR.CIRCLING VOR APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N434EJ
- Reported as
- Lear Jet 23A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Emmet County
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