# NTSB CHI79DEC54: Cessna 180, N4750U, Dexter, MI, September 8, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 8, 1979
- Place: Dexter, MI · DEXTER, MI
- Location: 42.3323° N, 83.8810° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dexter, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3323&lon=-83.8810&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 25, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 133385
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI79DEC54
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEC54

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2295   79/9/8    DEXTER,MI           CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 65, 4500
        TIME - 1000                    N4750U              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 2036 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BROCKMAN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LANSING,MI                  DEXTER,MI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4750U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4750U), registered now, S/N 18051450, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (registry code 2072618) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Brockman

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790908025309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790908025309A), Sep 8, 1979: Cessna 180, Dexter, MI, Substantial damage. Made landing on short wet private grass runway. Ran off departure end into trees.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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