- Date
- July 15, 1989, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lawton, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7404MCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890715022499A
- Case key
- 14196
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Probable cause
The pilot's delay in aborting takeoff and his excessive rate of descent at touchdown. A factor in the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight planning.
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 private pilot executed a water takeoff at maximum gross weight. After liftoff, he assessed his climb as inadequate to clear obstacles on the lakeshore and put down. He stated the landing was hard enough to do damage. After landing, he attempted a right turn to avoid the shoreline, the right float separated and the right wing struck the surface.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7404M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55704
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David J. Barber
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Gravel Lake, MI
- Airport
- Gravel Lake
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 250 total · 125 in this make and model · 175 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.