# Accident 20020617017229A: Cessna 182A, Fostercity, MI, June 17, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2002, 14:40 local time
- Place: Fostercity, MI
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8961° N, 87.7650° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8961&lon=-87.7650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5034D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5034D-2009-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02FA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02FA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020617017229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS DOING WILDLIFE SURVEY (WOLF TRACKING). WRECKAGE INDICATES HIGH SPEED CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TREES. PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES, UNABLE TO LOCATE PILOT LOGBOOKS, FLIGHT TIMES ARE UNKNOWN ESTIMATED FROM AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND FAA MEDICAL REPORTS. (.19) ON JUNE 17, 2002, A CESSNA 182A, N5034D, OWNED AND PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, IMPACTED TERRAIN IN A WOODED AREA NEAR FOSTER CITY, MICHIGAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. THE 14 CFR PART 91 WILDLIFE SURVEY FLIGHT WAS NOT OPERATING ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM THE GOGEBIC-IRONWOOD COUNTY AIRPORT, IRONWOOD, MICHIGAN, APPROXIMATELY 1415 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME.

## 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 CHI02FA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02FA172), Jun 17, 2002: Cessna 182A (N5034D), Foster City, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The incapacitation of the pilot. A contributing factor was the pilot and medical examiner providing false information on the pilot's medical applications.

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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