- Date
- April 28, 1981
- Place
- Saginaw, MI · SAGINAW, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5224RCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810428023089A
- Case key
- 125473
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1162 81/4/28 SAGINAW,MI CESSNA 172M CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 475 TIME - 2109 N5224R PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAGINAW,MI ROUND ROBIN & RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 45 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 316 16 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CNLD IFR CLNC AFTER ILS APCH TO TRI CITY ARPT,ATMTD VFR FLT TO HARRY W BROWNE INTL ARPT.DARK NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5224R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tri City
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.