- Date
- April 18, 1975
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MN · GRAND RAPIDS, MN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4146SBeech C90
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750418020469A
- Case key
- 149253
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1796 75/4/18 GRAND RAPIDS,MN BEECH C90 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0033 N4146S PX- 1 0 0 CORP/EXEC 39, 5411 TOTAL HOURS, 195 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ITASCA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANOKA,MN GRAND RAPIDS,MN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. 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 OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 37 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 280 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DSCNDD BELOW MDA, HIT TREES APRX 1-1/2MIS OF ARPT. VOR APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4146S
- Reported as
- Beech C90
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Itasca County
N4146SRegistration cancelled Apr 11, 2013 · Beech C90Airframe modelBeech C90Engine 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.