Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Fecha: | sábado 19 marzo 1966 |
Hora: | 14:00 |
Tipo: |  Learjet 23 |
Operador: | Mutual Benefit Health & Accident |
Registración: | N316M |
Numéro de série: | 23-061 |
Año de Construcción: | 1965 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 2 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 2 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | Lake Michigan, MI ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
Naturaleza: | Ejecutivo |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | ? |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Chicago-Merrill C Meigs Field, IL (CGX/KCGX), Estados Unidos de América |
Descripción:Ditched following a double engine failure due to engine inlet icing. Pilot did not use nacelle heating in icing conditions.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - failed to use or incorrectly used misc.equipment
miscellaneous acts, conditions - ice-engine
miscellaneous acts, conditions - improper emergency procedures
FACTOR(S):
miscellaneous acts, conditions - failure of two or more engines
complete power loss - complete engine failure/flameout-2 engines
emergency circumstances - forced landing off airport on water
Fuentes:
» NTSB File #3-1399
Fotos
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.