# Accident 19860301004601A: Cessna 152, Pontiac, MI, March 1, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1986, 16:12 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6669° N, 83.4009° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6669&lon=-83.4009&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93604, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93604-1994-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26 total, 26 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI86FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860301004601A

## Narrative

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

SOLO STUDENT DESCENDED ONTO 48003 ON FINAL. SUN AND SNOW A FACTOR IN BUSY PATTERN. ATC DISTRACTION A FACTOR.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N48003, Cessna 172M: [Accident 19860301004602A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860301004602A)

## 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 CHI86FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FA094), Mar 1, 1986: Cessna 152 (N93604), Drayton Plaines, MI, destroyed, 1 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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