- Date
- January 5, 1972
- Place
- Lake Orion, MI · LAKE ORION, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5611TCessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165554
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1178 72/1/5 LAKE ORION,MICH CESSNA 172E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 305 TIME - 1130 N5611T PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 66 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND ORION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE ORION,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY REMARKS- SOFT FLD TKOF,4-5IN SNOW ON RWY.CRASHED INTO PARKED LUSCOMBE 8D,REG UNK,DEMOLISHED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5611T
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oakland Orion
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