Grand Rapids - Gaylord

On November 16, 2005 at 06:03 PM, Grand Rapids - Gaylord experienced a crash involving Rockwell Aero Commander 500, operated by Central Air Southwest, with the event recorded near Gaylord Michigan.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane was operated as an on-demand cargo flight that impacted trees and terrain about one mile from the destination airport during a non-precision approach. Night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was equipped with an "icing protection system" and a report by another airplane that flew the approach and landed without incident indicated that light rime icing was encountered during the approach. Radar data shows that the accident airplane flew the localizer course inbound and began a descent past the final approach fix. No mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation were noted with the airplane.

Aircraft reference details include registration N1153C, MSN 500-1474-169, year of manufacture 1964.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.0275°, -84.6748°.