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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Point Aux Pins, MI · March 28, 1979

Date
March 28, 1979 · 09:30 local
Place
Point Aux Pins, MI
Airport
Bois Blanc
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9929Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI79DEM17
Reported as
Cessna 172M
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
155 total74 in this make and model25 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.

Pilot lost directional control while landing, hit a snow bank.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE LANDING, HIT A SNOW BANK.

NTSB investigation

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