ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225048
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| Date: | Sunday 12 May 2019 |
| Time: | 19:49 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft V35 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N1561Z |
| MSN: | D-8442 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Michigan, 4 miles west of Frankfort, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Frankfort, MI |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial pilot and passenger were conducting a cross-country flight. A little over an hour into the flight over Lake Michigan, the pilot declared an emergency, reporting an engine failure. Radar data indicated that the airplane's flight track diverted to the nearest airport shortly after the pilot declared the emergency. Radar and radio communications were lost about 7 minutes later, when the airplane was about 4 nm west of Frankfort, Michigan, at an altitude of 700 ft and an airspeed of 77 mph.
Ten days later, using a remotely operated underwater vehicle to search Lake Michigan in the area of the airplane's last radar contact, the Michigan State Police located the airplane at a water depth of 540 ft. The wreckage was not recovered; therefore, the engine could not be examined, and the reason for the loss of engine power could not be determined. A loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N1561Z/history/20190512/2215Z/KOGM/KFKS
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2019 10:18 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-May-2019 10:47 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2019 17:58 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2019 18:25 | Captain Adam | Updated [Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 13-May-2019 19:34 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 13-May-2019 19:35 | Geno | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 18-May-2019 04:56 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2020 09:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 11-May-2021 10:21 | rvargast17 | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2021 16:09 | rvargast17 | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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