- Date
- March 14, 1979
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MI · GRAND RAPIDS, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4432LCessna 172G
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790314004699A
- Case key
- 137317
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0306 79/3/14 GRAND RAPIDS,MI CESSNA 172G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1214 N4432L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 50, 655 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 ALL IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KENT COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND RAPIDS,MI COOPERSVILLE,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 280 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 24 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT WAS HOLDING SHORT OF RNWY AND HIGH WIND UPSET THE ACFT.WIND GUSTING TO 40KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4432L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kent County
N4432LRegistration cancelled Nov 9, 2012 · Cessna 172GAirframe modelCessna 172GEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4432L · 1
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