# NTSB Accident CHI99FA072
> **Beech 95-C55** · 1999-01-22 · PELLSTON, MI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI99FA072
- **Event ID:** 20001204X00016
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-01-22
- **Location:** PELLSTON, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.5503, -84.78054
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 3
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** 95-C55
- **Registration:** N4920M
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain proper altitude/clearance on the approach and his flight into known icing conditions. Factors relating to this accident were the pilot flying with known equipment deficiencies, the pilot's physical impairment (alcohol), the icing conditions, and the trees.

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