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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna A152 · Gobles, MI · May 6, 1987

Date
May 6, 1987 · 19:00 local
Place
Gobles, MI
Airport
Wesler Field
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N761ED
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI87LA123
Reported as
Cessna A152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
81 total18 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.

The aircraft struck wires on final approach. The pilot reported sun glare prevented him from seeing the wires.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK WIRES ON FINAL APPROACH. THE PILOT REPORTED SUN GLARE PREVENTED HIM FROM SEEING THE WIRES.

NTSB investigation

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