- Date
- June 11, 1989, 21:15 local (Jun 12, 1989, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- New Era, MI
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N35561Cessna 172I
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890611018039A
- Case key
- 14365
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgement of the proper touchdown point.
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.
Undershoot
Proper touchdown point - misjudgedCause
Proper glidepath - not maintainedFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - berm
Nose over
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35561
- Reported as
- Cessna 172I
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17256836
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John H. Fanberg
- Registered owner
- Lac Blanc Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3FM · Fremont, MI
- Airport
- PVT · Lankfer'S, runway 27, 2,600 × 100 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 147 total · 114 in this make and model · 100 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKG, 50 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.