- Date
- December 4, 1981
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N5173DCessna 182A
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811204079979A
- Case key
- 122652
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3510 81/12/4 MISSING AIRCRAFT CESSNA 182A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1400 TIME - UNK/NR N5173D PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON IS,WI ESCANABA,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PLANNED OVR WTR FLT,DARK NGT.DMG & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5173D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5173DRegistration cancelled Jul 19, 2013 · Cessna 182AAirframe modelCessna 182AEngine modelContinental O-470 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.
Other investigations on N5173D · 1
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