# NTSB UNK64X2279: Cessna 182, N8531T, Big Rapids, MI, June 14, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 14, 1964
- Place: Big Rapids, MI · BIG RAPIDS, MI
- Location: 43.6997° N, 85.4813° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6997&lon=-85.4813&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 1, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183338
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2279
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2279

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1648  64/6/14    BIG RAPIDS MICH     CESSNA 182          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 840
        TIME - 1800                    N8531T              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: ANIMALS                                   LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          MISC-DEER RAN INTO AIRCRAFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8531T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8531T), registered now, S/N 52431, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (registry code 2072708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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