Plymouth - Pelée Island

On October 28, 1970 at 09:28 AM, Plymouth - Pelée Island experienced a crash involving Beechcraft D18, operated by American Aviation, with the event recorded near Plymouth Michigan.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. Shortly after liftoff, while in initial climb, the tail stalled. The airplane lost height and crashed near the runway end. Five occupants were slightly injured while three other, among them the pilot, were seriously wounded. The aircraft was destroyed. It was on its way to the Pelée Island in Ontario.

Aircraft reference details include registration N8999E, MSN A-585, year of manufacture 1951.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.3712°, -83.4675°.