- Date
- April 24, 1983, 12:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Mt. Pleasant, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6155KCessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830424015199A
- Case key
- 12144
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Analysis
While on a local sight-seeing flt, the plt elected to land at mt Pleasant, MI for lunch. A low pass was made over rwy 09. The plt reported that while he was on a second approach to land, the acft encountered wind gusts and a loss of altitude. The plane's right wing struck and broke a 30 ft high power line aprx 900 ft short of the rwy. After hitting the power line, the acft swerved to the right, the flt controls became mushy, and the acft crash landed to the right of the rwy. The wind was reported to be from 010 deg at 12 gusting 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6155K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274170
- Airframe hours
- 1,220
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Greater Flint Piolot Associati
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- FNT · Flint, MI
- Airport
- MOP · Pleasant Muni, runway 9, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 137 total · 7 in this make and model · 82,682 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 12 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6155K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.