# NTSB CHI72DER02: Cassutt 3M, N8156, Durand, WI, September 11, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 11, 1971
- Place: Durand, WI · DURAND, WI
- Location: 44.6285° N, 91.9558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Durand, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6285&lon=-91.9558&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 4, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163794
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72DER02
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72DER02

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3687  71/9/11    DURAND,WIS          CASSUTT 3M          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 214
        TIME - 1630                    N8156               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHLOSSER FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DURAND,WIS                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8156](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8156-2017-02-04), registration cancelled 2017-02-04, S/N EW-1A, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CASSUTT 3M
- Registry model: [Wolfe-Cassutt 3M](https://openairdocs.org/model/wolfe-cassutt-3m) (registry code 197048C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Schlosser Field

## Other investigations on N8156 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI78FEC35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEC35), Jun 9, 1978: Cassutt 111M (N8156), Lapeer, MI, destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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