# NTSB CHI76DEC03: Cessna 172, N6452G, Almont, MI, July 28, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 28, 1975
- Place: Almont, MI · ALMONT, MI
- Location: 42.9208° N, 83.0435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Almont, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9208&lon=-83.0435&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 149942
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI76DEC03
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DEC03

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1976  75/7/28    ALMONT,MI           CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 255
        TIME - 2020                    N6452G              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ALMONT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ALMONT,MI                   LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
        REMARKS- PLT DELAYED ACTION UNTIL RWY INSUFFICIENT FOR GO-AROUND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6452G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6452G-2011-06-03), registration cancelled 2011-06-03, S/N 18801197T, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna A188B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a188b) (registry code 2073005) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Almont

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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