- Date
- July 19, 1987, 21:30 local (Jul 20, 1987, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Troy, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6341DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870719076619A
- Case key
- 13800
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt lndd at ngt & taxied the acft to a hangar area for a passenger stop. After the passenger deplaned, the plt proceeded to make a u-turn around a t-hangar & onto an automobile service road that wasn't normally used for acft. Whilethe plt was attempting to reenter the taxiway, by going btn t-hangars, the left wing of the acft hit a utility pole & was damaged. There were no lights in that area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6341D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272727
- Airframe hours
- 1,890
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- American Christian Avia. Inc.
- Registered owner
- Flying Fish, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 4, 1987 · 37 hours before
- Destination
- PTK · Pontiac, MI
- Airport
- PTK · Troy-Oakland, runway 27, 3,855 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 95 total · 24 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 250° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTK, 13 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.
Other investigations on N6341D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.