- Date
- August 25, 1970
- Place
- Montague, MI · MONTAGUE, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N111TKCessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107341
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3564 70/8/25 MONTAGUE,MICH CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 145 TIME - 2015 N111TK PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 123 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OTTIGER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL MONTAGUE,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- PLT DLAD DEP FR CHICAGO,ARRIVED DEST AFT DARK.ATMTD LDG ON RWY LITED BY 3 AUTOS.T/D ALONGSIDE RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111TK
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ottiger
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Other investigations on N111TK · 1
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