- Date
- August 7, 1976
- Place
- Westland, MI · WESTLAND, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1133UCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760807024719A
- Case key
- 155847
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2854 76/8/7 WESTLAND,MI CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 80 TOTAL TIME - 0730 N1133U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTLAND NATIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTLAND,MI IOWA CITY,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- TKOF INITIATED APRX 1000FT FM APCH END OF RWY.BKN GLASS ON RWY FM VANDALS ON ROAD ADJ TO RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1133U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westland National
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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.