# Accident 19810428023089A: Cessna 172M, Saginaw, MI, April 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1981, 21:09 local time
- Place: Saginaw, MI
- Airport: Tri-City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4177° N, 83.9547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saginaw, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4177&lon=-83.9547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5224R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 475 total, 475 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810428023089A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ILS APPROACH. PILOT'S INTENTIONS WERE TO CANCEL IFR AND PROCEED VFR TO ANOTHER AIRPORT.

## 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 CHI81FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FA053), Apr 28, 1981: Cessna 172M (N5224R), Saginaw, MI, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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