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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Wixom, MI · July 11, 1981

Date
July 11, 1981 · 18:00 local
Place
Wixom, MI
Airport
Spender
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N64978
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI81FEC33
Reported as
Cessna 152
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
117 total112 in this make and model6 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.

Struck wires on final approach. Crashed inverted on runway threshold. Had made a low circular pattern.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK WIRES ON FINAL APPROACH. CRASHED INVERTED ON RUNWAY THRESHOLD. HAD MADE A LOW CIRCULAR PATTERN.

NTSB investigation

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