- Date
- May 9, 1971
- Place
- Tecumseh, MI · TECUMSEH, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3939DCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report January 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161570
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1616 71/5/9 TECUMSEH,MICH CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 738 TIME - 1500 N3939D PX- 0 0 2 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TECUMSEH,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- STUDENT PRCHTIST RESET AUTO OPENING DEVICE,RESERVE PRCHT OPENED IN ACFT,DRAGGED HIM OUT,DMGD ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3939D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N3939D · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI89LA123Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportTecumseh, MILoss of engine power for an undetermined reason. The embankment (dirt bank) was a contributing factor.NTSB CHI79FEC42Accident · No injuriesClosedTecumseh, MINTSB CHI71FDW02Accident · Minor injuriesClosedTecumseh, MI