- Date
- August 10, 1968
- Place
- Iron River, MI · IRON RIVER, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8312UCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108808
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2701 68/8/10 IRON RIVER,MICH CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 57 TOTAL TIME - 1000 N8312U PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAMBAUGH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED IN CONSTRUCTION AREA REMARKS- PLT WAS INFORMED BY FSS FLD WAS CLOSED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8312U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stambaugh
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