- Date
- July 30, 1977
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MI · GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5606RCessna 172F
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770730038629A
- Case key
- 145515
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4242 77/7/30 GRAND RAPIDS,MI CESSNA 172F CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 26, TIME - 0255 N5606R PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS 151 TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENT COUNTY INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREMONT,OH FREMONT,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 290 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ATCS DECLARED EMERGENCY FOR PLT,VECTORED ACFT TO ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5606R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kent County Intl
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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.