ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13543
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Date: | Wednesday 6 December 1967 |
Time: | 18:30 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche |
Owner/operator: | Northern Air Service |
Registration: | N8071Y |
MSN: | 30-1185 |
Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | GRAND RAPIDS Airport, GRAND RAPIDS, Kent County, Michigan -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | GRAND RAPIDS KENT COUNTY AIRPORT |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) December 6, 1967 when crashed on approach to GRAAND RAPIDS City Airport, GRAND RAPIDSl, Kent County, Michigan: aircraft crashed near ILS outer marker. Pilot had flown over two hours before accident in actual IFR weather. The pilot - the sole person on board - was killed. According to the following excerpt from the official NTSB report into the accident:
"PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
FACTOR(S)
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE"
AIRCRAFT NEVER REPORTED OUTER MARKER INBOUND SECOND TIME.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI68F0499 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: CHI68F0499 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=15850&key=0 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=8071Y 3.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/mi/N8071Y/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Jan-2017 23:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
21-Jan-2017 23:03 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
21-Jan-2017 23:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
21-Jan-2017 23:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
08-Jul-2019 19:50 |
BEAVERSPOTTER |
Updated [Cn] |
21-Dec-2019 16:51 |
KEN POIRIER |
Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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