- Date
- August 15, 1969
- Place
- Comins, MI · COMINS, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4944DCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161934
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3444 69/8/15 COMINS,MICH CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 158 TIME - 1310 N4944D PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FONRO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOWELL,MICH COMINS,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: PITOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- PITOT TUBE PLUGGED WITH DIRT,BUGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4944D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fonro
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Other investigations on N4944D · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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