# NTSB CHI66D0722: Cessna 172, N8363B, Leonidas, MI, May 2, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 2, 1966
- Place: Leonidas, MI · LEONIDAS, MI
- Location: 42.0228° N, 85.3519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leonidas, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0228&lon=-85.3519&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 15, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172144
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66D0722
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66D0722

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0996   66/5/2    LEONIDAS MICH       CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 27, 144
        TIME - 1500                    N8363B              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 124 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LEONIDAS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8363B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8363B-2018-03-30), registration cancelled 2018-03-30, S/N 36163, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Leonidas

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.