# NTSB CHI72FEM20: Mong Sport MS-2, N38M, Negaunee, MI, September 6, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 6, 1971
- Place: Negaunee, MI · NEGAUNEE, MI
- Location: 46.4943° N, 87.5919° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Negaunee, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4943&lon=-87.5919&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 6, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163560
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72FEM20
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FEM20

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1476   71/9/6    NEGAUNEE,MICH       MONG SPORT MS-2     CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1739                    N38M                PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 28, 1273 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            3 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MARQUETTE COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NEGAUNEE,MICH               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH=
        REMARKS- UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM INTNTL LOW ALT SPIN. FLT WAS UNAUTHORIZED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N38M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38M-1971-10-20), registration cancelled 1971-10-20, S/N 65, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MONG SPORT MS-2
- Registry model: [Mong Sport MS-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/mong-sport-ms-2) (registry code 57901H2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Marquette County

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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