- Date
- July 5, 1978
- Place
- Lowell, MI · LOWELL, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1108FCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780705016589A
- Case key
- 141765
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1300 78/7/5 LOWELL,MI CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS STUDENT, AGE 36, 654 TIME - 1915 N1108F PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 446 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALFALFA FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOWELL,MI GREENVILLE,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF REMARKS- CARB HEAT APPLIED DURING TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1108F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alfalfa Field
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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 N1108F · 1
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