Cessna 172P N52601

Summary

On 4 September 1988 at about 15:57 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N52601 was involved in an accident near Boyne City, Michigan, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 September 1988 at 15:57

Classification

Accident

Location

Boyne City, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

45.2103, -85.0105

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N52601

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Harbor Springs → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI88FA231

1 person died.

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

THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE FLYING LOW OVER A SAILBOAT REGATTA TO PHOTOGRAPH SAILBOATS. AS THE PILOT MANEUVERED FOR A PHOTOGRAPH, HE THROTTLED BACK AND BANKED THE AIRCRAFT IN A STEEP BANK. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO RECOVER. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE WATER IN A LEFT WING LOW, NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND SANK ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. THE PASSENGER ESCAPED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. HE TRIED TO HELP THE PILOT, BUT THE PILOT RECEIVED A HEAD INJURY, WHICH WAS FATAL. APRX 23 MI NNE AT PELLSTON, MI, THE 1152 EDT WX WAS IN PART: ESTD 700' OVC, VIS 3 MI WITH LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS & FOG. WINDS IN THE AREA WERE RPRTD TO BE VARIABLE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.