- Date
- October 21, 1973
- Place
- Beaverton, MI · BEAVERTON, MI
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5580CCessna 170A
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731021033829A
- Case key
- 188423
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3053 73/10/21 BEAVERTON,MICH CESSNA 170A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 178 TIME - 1622 N5580C PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 52 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEAVERTON,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- TOOK OFF FROM FARM FLD.LOST CTL IN STEEP LOW ALT TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5580C
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5580C · 1
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