- Date
- September 2, 1968
- Place
- Newaygo, MI · NEWAYGO, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2536LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108179
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3038 68/9/2 NEWAYGO,MICH CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 129 TIME - 1300 N2536L PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWAYGO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT RAISED FLAPS SUDDENLY. HEADWIND 15K GUSTING TO 22K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2536L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Newaygo
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