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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172L · Chesaning, MI · September 6, 1980

Date
September 6, 1980 · 13:30 local
Place
Chesaning, MI
Airport
Chesaning
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N300AW
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI80FEM45
Reported as
Cessna 172L
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
451 total182 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Rough engine diverted to nearby airport. Ground-looped aircraft on downwind overshoot landing. Fouled spark plugs.

As the FAA filed it

ROUGH ENGINE DIVERTED TO NEARBY AIRPORT. GROUND-LOOPED AIRCRAFT ON DOWNWIND OVERSHOOT LANDING. FOULED SPARK PLUGS.

NTSB investigation

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