- Date
- October 1, 1976
- Place
- Watersmeet, MI · WATERSMEET, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35672Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761001033079A
- Case key
- 155647
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3341 76/10/1 WATERSMEET,MI CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 58 TOTAL TIME - 1045 N35672 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ASHLAND,WI MINOCQUA,WI LAND OF LAKES,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: DETONATION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 1 CYLINDER DAMAGED BY DETONATION.SPARKPLUG GAP PINGED SHUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35672
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.
Other investigations on N35672 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.