- Date
- March 16, 1986, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Gregory, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7191MCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860316006929A
- Case key
- 13434
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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 newly purchased acft was being flown off of the seller's turf strip. After taking off, the acft struck 50 ft trees off of the end of the runway. The seller, who watched the takeoff, stated that the pilot overrotated the acft after lift-off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7191M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55491
- Airframe hours
- 1,450
- Engine
- Continental GO-300-A, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- M. Bernstein
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 12, 1986 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- M159
- Destination
- ARB · Ann Arbor, MI
- Airport
- M159 · Gregory, runway 36, 1,440 × 40 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 755 total · 665 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,600 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JXN, 32 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.