ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 38872
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| Date: | Thursday 1 April 1999 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Ted Smith Aerostar 601P |
| Owner/operator: | Manfred W. Engler |
| Registration: | N441CB |
| MSN: | 61P-0417150 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3022 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-AA1A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | St. Clair Shore, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Port Huron, MI (KPHN) |
| Freemont, OH (14G) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane took off from Port Huron, Michigan, on April 1, 1999, at 1130 est. The airplane was scheduled to arrive in Freemont, Ohio. An employee of the pilot's company said that the pilot was going to meet a customer there. At 1230 est, the customer called the company inquiring about the pilot. The employee said that the pilot 'would have taken the shortest route, over [Lake] St. Clair, Ontario [Province], and [Lake] Erie,' to get to Freemont, Ohio. An ALNOT was issued at 1803 est. Search and rescue operations were conducted by the U. S. Coast Guard, Civil Air Patrol, and the Canadian Search and Rescue Center. The search was suspended on April 10, 1999, at 2125 est. The passenger's body was discovered on May 1, 1999, in the Lake St. Clair shipping channel, approximately 6.9 miles east of St. Clair Shores, Michigan. On July 2, 1999, the pilot's body was found in Lake St. Clair. Parts of the airplane identified from the make and model of aircraft were recovered with the bodies.
Probable Cause: Undetermined as the aircraft was not recovered.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI99FA227
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Nov-2017 12:38 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Apr-2024 07:49 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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