Fairchild BC12-D N94955

Summary

On 1 August 1984 at about 23:15 local time, a Fairchild BC12-D registered N94955 was involved in an accident near Hessel, Michigan, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 August 1984 at 23:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Hessel, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Fairchild BC12-D

Registration

N94955

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sault St. Marie → St.ignace

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CHI84LA323

2 people were seriously injured.

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

ACFT DEPARTED IN VFR CONDITIONS FOR SHORT X-COUNTRY FLT. NO WEATHER BRIEFING WAS OBTAINED. ON INITIAL ENCOUNTER WITH DETERIORATING CEILING AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS, PLT REDUCED ALTITUDE IN ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN GROUND REFERENCE. COURSE REVERSAL NOT INITIATED UNTIL GROUND REFERENCE LOST. PILOT CITED DISORIENTATION IN TURN AND STALL AS CAUSE OF LOSS OF CONTROL. WX REPORTED AT PELLSTON, MI, (30 MI S), WAS 3 MI VISIBILITY, 800 FT THIN BKN, 4000 FT OVC.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.