# Accident 19770904028459A: Cessna 182Q, East Tawas, MI, September 4, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1977
- Place: East Tawas, MI
- Airport: Iosco County Airport
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 44.3128° N, 83.4223° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IOSCO COUNTY (6D9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3128&lon=-83.4223&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444SP-2013-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 11 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEM39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEM39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770904028459A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PAX STARTED TO DEPLANE, PLT TOLD PAX TO WAIT TILL ENG STOPPED. PAX CONTINUED & WALKED INTO PROP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI77FEM39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEM39), Sep 4, 1977: Cessna 182Q (N444SP), East Tawas, MI, no damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N444SP (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810528030109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810528030109A), May 28, 1981: Cessna 182Q (N444SP), Elizabethon, TN, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Pilot continued VFR flight into rising terrain in marginal weather conditions. Crashed into mountain.
- [Incident 19780616046139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780616046139I), Jun 16, 1978: Cessna 182Q (N444SP), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Pilot made hard landing, damaged tire and prop tips.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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