- Date
- June 30, 1981
- Place
- Muskegon, MI · MUSKEGON, MI
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7957FCessna 401
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810630037499A
- Case key
- 124025
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2777 81/6/30 MUSKEGON,MI CESSNA 401 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1811 N7957F PX- 4 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 61, 10202 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1650 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSKEGON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MUSKEGON,MI PONTIAC,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT FLEW THRU EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF NEAREST RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7957F
- Reported as
- Cessna 401
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Muskegon County
N7957FRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Cessna 401Airframe modelCessna 401Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.