- Date
- August 26, 1966
- Place
- Vestaburg, MI · VESTABURG, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8487UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121668
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2440 66/8/26 VESTABURG MICH CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N8487U PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 19, 303 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 47 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT REMARKS- PILOT MISTOOK FARM STRIP FOR AIRPORT AND COLLIDED WITH LARGE TREE BRANCH ON SUBSEQUENT TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8487U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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