Beechcraft A23 N1405L

Summary

On 22 May 1982 at about 17:24 local time, a Beechcraft A23 registered N1405L, operated by Mitchell A. Williams, was involved in an accident near Northville, Michigan, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 May 1982 at 17:24

Classification

Accident

Location

Northville, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

42.4295, -83.4794

Aircraft

Beechcraft A23

Registration

N1405L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mitchell A. Williams

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lapeer → Frankfort

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI82FA181

3 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AT 1701 EDT ON 5/21/82, THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT CALLED A FLIGHT SERVICE STATION AND REQUESTED AN IFR WEATHER BRIEFING. THE BRIEFING WAS FOR A FLIGHT FROM LAPEER, MICHIGAN TO FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY. THE PLANE DEPARTED THE NEXT DAY AT ABOUT 1200 EDT WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREETOP, HIT A POWERLINE AND IMPACTED A WOODED AREA NEAR NORTHVILLE, MI. SEVERAL WITNESSES HEARD AND/OR SAW THE PLANE AT LOW ALTITUDE BEFORE IT CRASHED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.