- Date
- January 31, 1978
- Place
- Ypsilanti, MI · YPSILANTI, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N757PQCessna 152
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780131017589A
- Case key
- 142830
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1411 78/1/31 YPSILANTI,MI CESSNA 152 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 440 TIME - 1603 N757PQ PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 185 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLOW RUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MI YPSILANTI,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS - SUICIDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- HIGH SPEED DIVE.WINGS SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757PQ
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Willow Run
N757PQRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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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.