- Date
- July 15, 1983, 11:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Stanwood, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6982ECessna 175A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830715033049A
- Case key
- 12262
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft was damaged during landing from a tire failure. During landing the plt heard a report and took off again. He performed a minimum speed landing and during landing the tire rim dug into the surface causing sudden stoppage. The tirefailure had resulted in separation of the tire from the rim. The surface of the sod strip was described as good.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6982E
- Reported as
- Cessna 175A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17556482
- Airframe hours
- 1,189
- Engine
- Continental GO-300C, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eugene P. Sanders
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 3, 1983 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- Vermillion, OH
- Airport
- Cain, runway 27, 2,900 × 75 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 750 total · 100 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.