- Date
- April 8, 1967
- Place
- Cedar Lake, MI · CEDAR LAKE, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4152FCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117501
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1111 67/4/8 CEDAR LAKE,MICH CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 96 TOTAL TIME - 1830 N4152F PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR LAKE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- NOSE GEAR STRUCK SOFT SPOT ON SOD RUNWAY.PILOT AWARE OF RUNWAY CONDITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4152F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cedar Lake
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