- Date
- July 3, 1974
- Place
- W Bloomfield, MI · W BLOOMFIELD, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7742GVolmer Sprtmn
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740703027659A
- Case key
- 130101
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2550 74/7/3 W BLOOMFIELD,MICH VOLMER SPRTMN CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 389 TIME - 1600 N7742G PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASS LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION W BLOOMFIELD,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- WIND GUSTNG 18K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7742G
- Reported as
- Volmer Sprtmn
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cass Lake
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.