- Date
- August 16, 1971
- Place
- Bay City, MI · BAY CITY, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3601SCessna 172E
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162752
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3060 71/8/16 BAY CITY,MICH CESSNA 172E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 102 TIME - 1830 N3601S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PVT STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAY CITY,MICH LUDINGTON,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: ABORTED COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- DRG TKOF,PLT NOTED RPM DROP,ABORTED,HIT FENCE POST.ENG CKD OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3601S
- Reported as
- Cessna 172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pvt Strip
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