NTSB Identification: CHI85LA239.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 28059.
Accident occurred Sunday, June 16, 1985 in DECKERVILLE, MI
Aircraft: BOEING A75N1, registration: N57250
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.PURPOSE OF THE FLT WAS A 'FLOUR BOMBING CONTEST'. AFTER DROPPING A 'FLOUR BOMB' THE PLT ENTERED A RIGHT BANK TO AVOID TREES ALONG THE FLT PATH. THE ACFT THEN STALLED AND IMPACTED THE GROUND ON THE MAIN GEAR AFTER WHICH IT NOSED OVER.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
VISUAL LOOKOUT..INADEQUATE..PILOT IN COMMAND
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
AIRSPEED..NOT MAINTAINED..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
OBJECT..TREE(S)
Contributing Factors
TERRAIN CONDITION..SOFT
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