- Date
- August 22, 1977
- Place
- Salem, MI · SALEM, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N75810Cessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770822038509A
- Case key
- 145516
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4243 77/8/22 SALEM,MI CESSNA 172N CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 119 TIME - 1754 N75810 PX- 1 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLYMOUTH,MI PLYMOUTH,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- ETHYL ALCOHOL LEVEL .09%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75810
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.