19760131003639A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172L · Bay City, MI · January 31, 1976

Date
January 31, 1976
Place
Bay City, MI
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3971Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI76AC047
Reported as
Cessna 172L
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
277 total245 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Snowing in area quite a while bfr acdt. Snow blown almost horizontally by winds EST in excess 30K.

As the FAA filed it

SNOWING IN AREA QUITE A WHILE BFR ACDT.SNOW BLOWN ALMOST HORIZONTALLY BY WINDS EST IN EXCESS 30K.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.