- Date
- June 30, 1969
- Place
- Plymouth, MI · PLYMOUTH, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1971XCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173699
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1624 69/6/30 PLYMOUTH,MICH CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 585 TIME - 1725 N1971X PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - METTETAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 82 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 13 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DIRECT L X-WIND 13K. RNWY MORE INTO WIND WAS AVAILABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1971X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mettetal
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