Status:	Final
Date:	Saturday 19 March 1966
Time:	14:00
Type:	Learjet 23
Operator:	Mutual Benefit Health & Accident
Registration:	N316M
C/n / msn:	23-061
First flight:
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	Lake Michigan, MI (   United States of America)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	?
Destination airport:	Chicago-Merrill C Meigs Field, IL (CGX/KCGX), United States of America

Narrative:
Ditched following a double engine failure due to engine inlet icing. Pilot did not use nacelle heating in icing conditions.

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

Ditching

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