# NTSB CHI83LA345: Cessna 172, Naubinway, MI, August 1, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 1, 1983, 17:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place: Naubinway, MI
- Coordinates: 46.110095, -85.450332 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1101&lon=-85.4503&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12287
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA345
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12287/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA345

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, cruise - normal
  - fluid - exhaustion (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - refueling - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object (cause)
- Nose down, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT STRUCK A STOP SIGN AND NOSED OVER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING FOLLOWING FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CGQNM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17269147
- Airframe hours: 1630
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bancroft Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Unknown, May 1, 1983, 45 hours before
- Departed: OSH, OSHKOSH, WI
- Destination: 83D, ST.IGNACE, MI

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 682 total, 370 in this make and model, 608 as pilot in command, 12 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 17 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.