Universal D-16 N3797G

18 May 1973 · Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 18 May 1973 at about 13:36 local time, a Universal D-16 registered N3797G was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 May 1973 at 13:36
Classification: Incident
Location: Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
Nearest airport: Willow Run
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Universal D-16
Registration: N3797G
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Check
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 5-0012

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PIC RETRACTED GR ON FINAL APCH, THEN LND WITHOUT EXTENDING GR.FAA CK PLT DIDNT MONITOR.GR HORN INOP

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 5-0012, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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