# Accident 20011006027889A: Cessna 172N, St James, MI, October 6, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2001, 15:35 local time
- Place: St James, MI
- Airport: Welke Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6493° N, 85.5503° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6493&lon=-85.5503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73630, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73630-2004-11-08) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011006027889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 35, (3500' X 140' GRASS), AIRCRAFT WENT OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY, HIT DIRT EMBANKMENT, AND SPUN AROUND 180 DEG AND CAME TO REST FACING SOUTH. (.19) ON OCTOBER 6, 2001, AT 1410 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172N, N73630, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT DEPARTED THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 35 (3,500 FEET BY 140 FEET, DRY TURF), AND STRUCK A BERM AT THE WELKE AIRPORT, BEAVER ISLAND, MICHIGAN. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE CHERRY CAPITAL AIRPORT, TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN, AT 1330.

## 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 CHI02LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA004), Oct 6, 2001: Cessna 172N (N73630), Beaver Island, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining directional control of the airplane during landing. The gusty crosswind and the berm were factors.

## Other reports on N73630 (1)

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

- [Accident 19930608019789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930608019789A), Jun 8, 1993: Cessna 172N (N73630), St James, MI, Substantial damage. Landed mid field on wet grass strip. Unable to stop. Ran off end runway into trees.

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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