| Date: | Saturday 9 June 1979 |
| Time: | 14:51 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 99 Airliner |
| Owner/operator: | Skystream Airlines |
| Registration: | N454SA |
| MSN: | U- 54 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 6,5 km off Chicago-Merrill C Meigs Field, IL (CGX) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Chicago-Merrill C Meigs Field, IL (CGX/KCGX) |
| Chicago-Merrill C Meigs Field, IL (CGX/KCGX) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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
Location
Images:
photo (c) John Hevesi; Millville Airport, NJ (MIV/KMIV); October 1976
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