- Date
- December 24, 1980
- Place
- Pellston, MI · PELLSTON, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4800JCessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801224078329A
- Case key
- 127552
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3331 80/12/24 PELLSTON,MI CESSNA 172N CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 3062 TIME - 1111 N4800J PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EMMET COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PELLSTON,MI HARBOR SPRING,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED REMARKS- UPPER CLEVIS CABLE END OF ELEVATOR CABLE SNAGGED BULKHD,BOLT TIGHT,CABLES LOOSE.CESSNA SL SE80-78.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4800J
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Emmet County
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.