# Accident 19870719076619A: Cessna 172N, Pontiac, MI, July 19, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1987, 21:30 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6341D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6341D-2013-10-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 24 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI87LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870719076619A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH A POLE WHILE TAXING FOR TAKEOFF. TAXIED ONTO AN AUTOMOBILE SERVICE ROAD. NO LIGHTS IN THE AREA.

## 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 CHI87LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA174), Jul 20, 1987: Cessna 172N (N6341D), Troy, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6341D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810207002969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810207002969A), Feb 7, 1981: Cessna 172N (N6341D), New Hudson, MI, Substantial damage. Crosswind landing on icy runway. Airplane weather vaned & ground-looped. Struck snow-bank.

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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