# NTSB CHI73AC026: Cessna 414, N8168Q, Sturgis, MI, August 25, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 25, 1972
- Place: Sturgis, MI · STURGIS, MI
- Location: 41.7980° N, 85.4186° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sturgis, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7980&lon=-85.4186&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 17, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168487
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI73AC026
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73AC026

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3248  72/8/25    STURGIS,MICH        CESSNA 414          CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 2067
        TIME - 1110                    N8168Q              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 1727 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KIRSCH MUNI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          STURGIS,MICH                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    LANDING: MISSED APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PILOTS STATED PURPOSE OF FLT TO BE INSTRUMENT PRACTICE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8168Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8168Q-1973-05-07), registration cancelled 1973-05-07, S/N 414-0068, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Registry model: [Cessna 414](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (registry code 2075908) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Kirsch Muni

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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