# Accident 20180729014762A: Cessna 172, N. Fox Island, MI, July 29, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2018, 14:35 local time
- Place: N. Fox Island, MI
- Airport: N. Fox Island
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4822° N, 85.7808° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4822&lon=-85.7808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6021A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6021A-2018-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA298) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180729014762A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 29, 2018, ABOUT 1435 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, AN EXTRA EA300/LC AIRPLANE, N32WR, AND A CESSNA 172 AIRPLANE, N6021A, COLLIDED INFLIGHT OVER RUNWAY 25 AT THE NORTH FOX ISLAND AIRPORT (6Y3), NORTH FOX ISLAND, MICHIGAN, WHILE THE EXTRA EA300/LC WAS LANDING AND CESSNA 172 WAS DEPARTING. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND PASSENGER ON THE EXTRA EA300 LC WERE UNINJURED AND THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS ON CESSNA 172 RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE EXTRA EA300/LC SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL RIGHT-WING DAMAGE AND THE CESSNA 172 SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL EMPENNAGE, LEFT WING, AND FUSELAGE DAMAGE DURING THE COLLISION AND SUBSEQUENT IMPACT WITH TERRAIN. THE EXTRA EA300/LC WAS REGISTERED TO CAPTAIN PROPERTY AND INVESTMENT LLC AND WAS OPERATED BY ITS PILOT. THE CESSNA 172 WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY ITS PILOT. BOTH FLIGHTS WERE BEING CONDUCTED AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED IN THE AREA ABOUT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, AND THE FLIGHTS WERE NOT OPERATED ON FLIGHT PLANS. THE EXTRA EA300/LC DEPARTED FROM THE APPLETON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NEAR APPLETON, WISCONSIN, AND WAS DESTINED FOR 6Y3. THE CESSNA 172 WAS ORIGINATING FROM 6Y3 AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

AT 1435, THE RECORDED WEATHER AT THE BEAVER ISLAND AIRPORT, BEAVER ISLAND, MICHIGAN, WAS: WIND 230° AT 8 KNOTS, VARIABLE FROM 210° TO 270°; VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES; SKY CONDITION CLEAR; TEMPERATURE 25° C; DEW POINT 16° C; ALTIMETER 30.06 INCHES OF MERCURY.

6Y3 WAS A PUBLIC, NON-TOWERED AIRPORT, WHICH WAS OWNED BY THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LEASED TO THE RECREATIONAL AVIATION FOUNDATION. IT WAS LOCATED ON NORTH FOX ISLAND ABOUT 24 NAUTICAL MILES NORTHWEST OF CHARLEVOIX, MICHIGAN AND ABOUT 15 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEAVER ISLAND, MICHIGAN. THE AIRPORT HAD ONE RUNWAY AND AN ESTIMATED ELEVATION OF 639 FT ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL. RUNWAY 7/25 WAS A 3,000 FT BY 100 FT RUNWAY WITH A TURF SURFACE. THE AIRPORT USES 122.9 MEGAHERTZ AS ITS COMMON TRAFFIC ADVISORY FREQUENCY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N32WR, Extra Flugzeugproduktions-Und EA 300/LC: [Accident 20180729014772A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180729014772A)

## 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 CEN18LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA298), Jul 29, 2018: Cessna 172 (N6021A), North Fox Island, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The Extra pilot’s failure to see and avoid the Cessna, which resulted in an in-flight collision. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the Extra pilot to tune his radio to the correct…

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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