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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Grand Rapids, MI · August 11, 1983

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Date: August 11, 1983 · 15:20 local
Place: Grand Rapids, MI
Airport: Kent Co
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N1025F
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 80 total80 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Tower switched low time pilot to a crosswind runway. Pilot lost control. Airplane veered into runway lights.

As the FAA filed it

TOWER SWITCHED LOW TIME PILOT TO A CROSSWIND RUNWAY.PILOT LOST CONTROL. AIRPLANE VEERED INTO RUNWAY LIGHTS.