- Date
- January 24, 1978
- Place
- Berrien Spring, MI · BERRIEN SPRING, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1344QCessna A185F
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780124002259A
- Case key
- 143176
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0410 78/1/24 BERRIEN SPRING,MI CESSNA A185F CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 1808 TIME - 0850 N1344Q PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANDREWS U. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BERRIEN SPRING,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1344Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Andrews U.
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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 N1344Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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