# Accident 19860301004602A: Cessna 172M, Dayton Plaines, MI, March 1, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1986, 16:12 local time
- Place: Dayton Plaines, MI
- Airport: Pontiac Oakland
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second 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: N48003 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 261 total, 261 in this make and model, 3 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/19860301004602A

## Narrative

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

93604 DESCENDED ONTO AIRCRAFT WHILE BOTH WERE ON FINAL. AIRCRAFT FELL TO GROUND. ATC DISTRACTION A FACTOR.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N93604, Cessna 152: [Accident 19860301004601A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860301004601A)

## 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 172M (N48003), 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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