Beechcraft 95-C55 N242BS

Summary

On 21 April 1997 at about 01:05 local time, a Beechcraft 95-C55 registered N242BS was involved in an accident near Grand Haven, Michigan, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 April 1997 at 01:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Grand Haven, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

43.0497, -86.2205

Aircraft

Beechcraft 95-C55

Registration

N242BS

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Marshall → Medford

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI97FAMS2

2 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

The flight was observed on radar to descend from 10,000 feet msl until radar contact was lost at about 3,000 feet msl. This location was approximately 13 miles west of Grand Haven, Michigan, over Lake Michigan. Debris was located in that general area on the surface of the lake. The airplane was presumed to have been destroyed. The pilot and one passenger were presumed to have sustained fatal injuries. There was no forecast for IFR conditions, severe weather warnings, or warnings for ice or turbulence along the route of flight. The pilot stated during a briefing that the airplane contained four hours of fuel. There were no distress calls recorded from the airplane. The airplane remained missing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.