20060122006239A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Harrison, MI · January 22, 2006

Date
January 22, 2006 · 17:46 local
Place
Harrison, MI
Airport
Clare County Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8540B
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI06LA070
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental O300A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total150 in this make and model

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.

(-23) While in the vicinity of the airport the aircraft struck a tree. The resultant stall/spin accident destroyed the aircraft with one fatality.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE. THE RESULTANT STALL/SPIN ACCIDENT DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT WITH ONE FATALITY.

NTSB investigation

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