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FAA accident report · Cessna 175 · MI · November 12, 1999

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

Date
November 12, 1999 · 20:15 local
Place
MI
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6533E
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI00FAMS1
Reported as
Cessna 175
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
N6533ERegistration cancelled Jun 19, 2017 · Cessna 175S/N 56033 · Built 1959Airframe modelCessna 175Engine modelContinental GO-300 seriesReciprocating

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.

(.19) On November 12, 1999, at 2015 eastern standard time (EST), a Cessna 175, N6533E, piloted by a private pilot, was reported missing by a representative of the pilot's family. The personal flight was operating under the provisions of 14 CFR part 91 and was not on a flight plan. The aircraft has been presumed destroyed, and the pilot is presumed to have been fatally injured. The flight departed iron county airport, crystal falls, Michigan, at 1515 EST and had the intended destination of cherry capital airport, traverse city, Michigan. According to the pilot's relatives, the pilot's typical route of flight was to fly to cherry capital airport, traverse city, Michigan, refuel the airplane, and continue to his final destination of oakland/troy airport, troy, Michigan. There were no reports of the aircraft arriving and/or departing from cherry capital airport and oakland/troy airport. The united states coast guard, and civil air patrol were notified and commenced search and rescue missions. (See preliminary report for airport conditions in vicinity.)

As the FAA filed it

(.19) ON NOVEMBER 12, 1999, AT 2015 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), A CESSNA 175, N6533E, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS REPORTED MISSING BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PILOT'S FAMILY. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN PRESUMED DESTROYED, AND THE PILOT IS PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED IRON COUNTY AIRPORT, CRYSTAL FALLS, MICHIGAN, AT 1515 EST AND HAD THE INTENDED DESTINATION OF CHERRY CAPITAL AIRPORT, TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S RELATIVES, THE PILOT'S TYPICAL ROUTE OF FLIGHT WAS TO FLY TO CHERRY CAPITAL AIRPORT, TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN, REFUEL THE AIRPLANE, AND CONTINUE TO HIS FINAL DESTINATION OF OAKLAND/TROY AIRPORT, TROY, MICHIGAN. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVING AND/OR DEPARTING FROM CHERRY CAPITAL AIRPORT AND OAKLAND/TROY AIRPORT.THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, AND CIVIL AIR PATROL WERE NOTIFIED AND COMMENCED SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIONS. (SEE PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR AIRPORT CONDITIONS IN VICINITY.)

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB CHI00FAMS1Accident · 1 fatalMissing aircraftFinal reportMIundetermined.Nov 12, 1999 · Destroyed