ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13510
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| Date: | 01-DEC-1964 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30 |
| Owner/operator: | Styleline Awnings Inc |
| Registration: | N7057Y |
| MSN: | 30-68 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Michigan off Northerly Island, Chicago, Illinois -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Merrill C. Meigs Field Airport, Northerly Island, IL (KCGX) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (destroyed) December 1 1964 when ditched into Lake Michigan, off Chicago, Illinois. Aircraft took off from Merrill C. Meigs Field Airport (KCGX) a single runway airport which was in operation from December 1948 until March 2003, on Northerly Island, an artificial peninsula on Lake Michigan.
N7057Y ditched into Lake Michigan due to adverse weather conditions (Per the official NTSB report "ICING CONDITIONS - INCLUDED SLEET, FREEZING RAIN,ETC." The two persons on board (pilot and one passenger) were killed. The wreckage of the aircraft was not recovered from Lake Michigan
Registration N7057Y cancelled by the FAA January 26 1965
Victims:
Robert Anderson
Jean Benson Tutor, 28
Sources:
1. NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=77730&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=7057Y
3. https://onespotter.com/aircraft/fid/926045/N7057Y
4. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/il/N7057Y/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Mar-2016 23:54 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2023 05:24 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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