Status:	Final
Date:	09 JUN 1979
Time:	14:51
Type:	Beechcraft 99
Operator:	Skystream Airlines
Registration:	N454SA
C/n / msn:	U- 54
First flight:	1968
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20
Crew:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Passengers:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Total:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	6,5 km (4.1 mls) off Chicago-Merrill C Meigs Field, IL (CGX) (United States of America)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Chicago-Merrill C Meigs Field, IL (CGX/KCGX), United States of America
Destination airport:	Chicago-Merrill C Meigs Field, IL (CGX/KCGX), United States of America

Narrative:
Weather was very poor (visibility one mile or less, 400 feet ceiling in fog) as the Beech 99 approached Meigs Field. The pilot lost control of the plane, which then crashed into the water of Lake Michigan.

PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - initiated flight in adverse weather conditions
pilot in command - spatial disorientation
FACTORS:
weather - low ceiling
weather - fog

Sources:
» NTSB