- Date
- August 26, 1978
- Place
- South Rockwood, MI · SOUTH ROCKWOOD, MI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N73606Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780826024229A
- Case key
- 139386
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3398 78/8/26 SOUTH ROCKWOOD,MI CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 150 TIME - 1655 N73606 PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAGINESS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MONROE,MI RETURN SOUTH ROCKWOOD,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- INTENTIONALLY FLEW SHORT TRAFFIC PATTERN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73606
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Laginess
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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.