Baltimore - Grand Rapids

On September 15, 1979 at 02:04 AM, Baltimore - Grand Rapids experienced a crash involving Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, operated by Northern Air Service - USA, with the event recorded near Hastings Michigan.

The flight was categorized as ferry and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While approaching Grand Rapids-Gerald R. Ford Airport on a ferry flight from Baltimore, the twin engine airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field located in Hastings, about 18,5 miles southeast of the destination airport. The aircraft was totally destroyed, debris scattered on a wide area and all four occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N600NA, MSN AF-726, year of manufacture 1954.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.6485°, -85.2895°.